Topic: Exposing PseudoAstronomy Podcast #75: Creationist Sues NASA, Loses

[seaotter]

It was great. Kind of folks it would be cool to drink with. much like the forum. note need beer.

[Nigel]

Luckily, we enjoy beer.  Lady is the talker and the brains of our operation.

Hope everyone enjoyed it.  I always think I sound like a goof.  Lady is brilliant as is her way.   

[mindme]

What's the URL to your podcast? http://www.astronomypodcast.com would get a very high rank on google. sjrdesign/astronomypodcast would also likely do it.

[seaotter]

Luckily, we enjoy beer.  Lady is the talker and the brains of our operation.

Hope everyone enjoyed it.  I always think I sound like a goof.  Lady is brilliant as is her way.

Like folks from the forum is coming into focus. Does your wife post?

[seaotter]

So blowing up an asteroid or comet armeggedon style to save the planet is against treaty law?

[mindme]

URL: http://podcast.sjrdesign.net/

Change it to http://astronomy_podcast.sjrdesign.net/

Greetings!

Make that an H1 and change it to "Greetings! Welcome to my Astronomy Podcast"

Google tends to go "okay someone is searching for an astronomy podcast so a URL with astronomy_podcast in it is probably on topic. And if the H1 has the term in it, that's probably what it's about".

http://www.ecreativeim.com/blog/2011/03/seo-basics-hyphen-or-underscore-for-seo-urls/

If at some point you can get Phil on his blog to link to your podcast using astronomy podcast as the active link, again, google counts that. "Wow a high ranking page votes THIS page as an astronomy podcast then it probably is about that". (Phil has a page rank of 7/10)

[mindme]

http://pennsundayschool.com/profiles/blogs/exposing-pseudoastronomy?xg_source=activity

Try to get people to link you up like that. More of those kinds of links. They're "votes" that that phrase will deliver the goods. I don't know if penn sunday school has a "no follow" setting, however. Many do. No follow tells google NOT to count it as a vote. Some admins have a no follow policy to keep people, like me, from link spamming in the manner I clearly just did.

[astrostu]

Thanks for the tips, Karl.  I actually wasn't as concerned about Google rankings, though I did do a quick search just now and I'm ranked 17th if you do a search for "astronomy podcast" in Google (even on a separate browser where I'm not logged in).

I'm more concerned at the moment about iTunes not showing it in searches.  If I search just for podcasts with the name "astronomy" in the title, it doesn't show.  If I search for "astronomy" in the description, it doesn't show.  I checked my RSS feed and it seems everything's in order and I'm not missing anything, but I can't figure out why it's not showing.

Here's part of my feed code:

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    <itunes:author>Stuart Robbins</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>Listen to learn the real state of science behind astronomy-, physics-, and geology-related creationist claims, hoaxes, conspiracy theories, misconceptions, and bad or incomplete media reporting.</itunes:summary>
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      <title>Episode 37: Space Law and Extraterrestrial Property Rights, Interview with Nigel and Lady Saint Whitehall</title>
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      <itunes:subtitle>Interview with two lawyers about space law and owning rights to property and materials off-Earth.</itunes:subtitle>
      <description>I interview Lord and Lady Saint Whitehall, two lawyers with pseudonyms, as a follow-up to Episode 27 (Stellar Scams). We discuss the Outer Space Treaty, legal precedents in the relevant areas, and extrapolate to what may need to happen legal-framework-wise in the future as private companies start to exploit extraterrestrial resources.</description>
      <itunes:summary>I interview Lord and Lady Saint Whitehall, two lawyers with pseudonyms, as a follow-up to Episode 27 (Stellar Scams). We discuss the Outer Space Treaty, legal precedents in the relevant areas, and extrapolate to what may need to happen legal-framework-wise in the future as private companies start to exploit extraterrestrial resources.</itunes:summary>
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[Nigel]

Luckily, we enjoy beer.  Lady is the talker and the brains of our operation.

Hope everyone enjoyed it.  I always think I sound like a goof.  Lady is brilliant as is her way.

Like folks from the forum is coming into focus. Does your wife post?

Nope. I just post.  Not nearly as much as I used to do. 

[astrostu]

The point was raised that I could/should make a poster to advertise the podcast (specifically to hang at work, but I could make it available for anyone to print and distribute ).

Anyone have opinions on what should go in it, how it should be designed ... want to do a mockup?

[Nigel]

The point was raised that I could/should make a poster to advertise the podcast (specifically to hang at work, but I could make it available for anyone to print and distribute ).

Anyone have opinions on what should go in it, how it should be designed ... want to do a mockup?

My advice is to avoid the use of any atom diagram.  It serves the SGU and Skepchick well, but it is a well beaten horse at this point.  I like the poster idea. 

[astrostu]

Pffft - the Rutherford model is SO 100 years ago.

[seaotter]

How about incorporating Hoagland getting speggetified?

[quirk3k]

I don't know this is just off the cuff, but how about something with a red flashlight.

Shining a light of reason that won't ruin your low light adjusted eyes

[astrostu]

Guess it's better to end a day and get this right before bed than start a day with it:

Thanks so much for your proposal. Unfortunately we will not be able to offer you a slot at this year's TAM.  We had 21 worthy proposals and only six available slots- it is with regret we could not offer you time to present on this timely and fun topic.

I had kinda stopped holding out hope, but when you get the rejection you realize that you still had had some.