By Susana Galeano
LATAM Content Coordinator
GGoogle has announced some important changes to the requirements for appearing in podcast recommendations that will be applicable starting next September 21. The company has sent content creators the new rules on which it will base their content to appear as recommended in Google Podcasts by email, in addition to publishing them on its support website . According to the internet giant, these changes are intended to help listeners discover content that is more in line with their tastes, and provide them with complete information about it.
Google says that podcasts that don't fit these new guidelines will still be able to appear in both Google search results and Google Podcasts , and users will still be able to subscribe to them, but keep in mind that they won't be eligible to appear in recommendations.
These are the new requirements to appear in Google's podcast recommendations
So, if you want to appear among Google Podcasts belgium business email database recommendations starting September 21, you must include the following content:
A valid and traceable image
You will need to specify the image for your podcast using any of the following elements:
<itunes:image>
<image>
You can check if you have a valid, crawlable image by searching for your podcast directly on the Google Podcasts platform. If you can see the art, you've met this requirement, and if you can't see it, make sure it's not blocked from Google's crawler, or requires a login.
A description of the program
You will need to include a program description that is easy to understand , and that uses any of the following elements: