Just Changed Podcasting Hosts
One of my podcasts, Internet Business Mastery, has started to surpass it’s daily bandwidth limit. Of course, in the end, this is a good thing. It means our audience is growing. We’ve had a couple months where the subscriber numbers have doubled. But it also means our host keeps shutting down the site.
After being shut down twice for having too much traffic, we decided it was time to change something. We signed up for a Libsyn account.
Libsyn is a web host specifically designed for podcasts. They offer unmetered bandwidth (no limit to how much people can download). The best part is that Libsyn is very inexpensive. We’re only spending $5/month. I’m not sure how they do it, but they’ve been around for a long while now and I don’t think they are going anywhere. Instead of paying for the amount of bandwidth that you need, you pay for the amount of data you upload to your account each month.
We’ll still use our other web host for the site/blog, allowing us to use Wordpress. Just the audio files will be hosted on the Libsyn account. No more worrying about crashing the site every time we release an episode.
If you are in the market for inexpensive hosting with podcast-level bandwidth Libsyn is a good choice.
June 20th, 2006 15:12
libsyn keeps going on pure dreams of future profits. right now they all have regular jobs to pay their bills and this is what they do voluntarily now till they find a way to make a profit. when i see them again at the next expo i will lick their faces. you, jason, may not want to do this, lol.
October 8th, 2006 16:15
If you ever feel the need to switch again, give Podcast Spot a try! Unmetered bandwidth, unlimited storage, automatic media conversion, and much more! Free and premium accounts. Check it out at http://www.podcastspot.com