Thanks for your response. I’m still a little puzzled by a couple of things involving the Blubrry statistics. Would you kindly answer the questions below? Thanks! (To reiterate, I’m using Blubrry to host all the media files for my podcast, and I’d also want to use Blubrry to generate all my media statistics.)
1. In your response yesterday, you said that the redirect URL for my episodes should be this:
http://media.blubrry.com/painopolis/p/However, the Blubrry Dashboard>Measure>Program Statistics>Getting Started page says that my redirect URL should be this:
http://media.blubrry.com/painopolis/I’m wondering why you inserted a /p/ on the end of my redirect. Should I insert the /p/ or not?
2. The URL you recommended for my premium episode (found at the bottom of my show notes at
https://painopolis.com/premium-episode-pain-demands-a-rewrite/) differs from the URL recommended on the Blubrry Dashboard>Measure>Program Statistics>Getting Started page, under the section entitled “Use Our Media Statistics URL Generator.” If I follow your instructions, the full URL that I should use for my premium podcast is as follows:
http://media.blubrry.com/painopolis/p/content.blubrry.com/painopolis/PainDemandsaRewrite.mp3.zipBy contrast, the Getting Started page’s Media Statistics URL Generator is telling me that the full URL for my premium episode should be this:
http://media.blubrry.com/painopolis/media.blubrry.com/painopolis/content.blubrry.com/painopolis/PainDemandsaRewrite.mp3.zipThe full URL you recommended differs quite a bit from the Getting Started version. Which one should I use?
3. Please note that I’ve uploaded my premium episode to Blubrry as an mp3.zip file. It downloads just fine, but for some reason, I’m not getting any statistics for the episodes that I’ve uploaded to Blubrry as mp3.zip files. Does Blubrry generate statistics for mp3.zip files? Or does Blubrry generate statistics only for non-zipped mp3 files?
4.On another post found at
https://painopolis.com/our-anus-horribilis/, I’ve got three different ways that people can either download for free or listen to the episode found on this particular post.
Option #1: They can use the Powerpress audio player at the top of my show notes to listen to the episode or download it.
Option #2: They can listen to a short snippet of my episode by using the Powerpress audio player found in the middle of my show notes.
Option #3: They can click the “Download This Free Episode” link at the bottom of my show notes to download the episode. The first two options use an mp3 file uploaded to Blubrry. The third option uses an mp3.zip file uploaded to Blubrry (I’ve included this third option because I noticed that not all browsers were able to download this episode by using Option #1). After reading your response and also reading the instructions on the Getting Started page, I’m not sure if I should use the same redirect URL in all three options. Kindly clarify.
Here are the URLs and links that I’m currently using for these three options:
For Option #1:
http://media.blubrry.com/painopolis/content.blubrry.com/painopolis/OurAnusHorribilis.mp3For Option #2: [powerpress url="
http://media.blubrry.com/painopolis/media.blubrry.com/painopolis/content.blubrry.com/painopolis/Terror_copy.mp3"]
For Option #3: href="
http://media.blubrry.com/painopolis/media.blubrry.com/painopolis/content.blubrry.com/painopolis/OurAnusHorribilis.mp3.zip">Download This Free Episode</a></strong></p>
5. Does the statistics page keep track only of downloads, or does it also keep track of the number of times that an episode is played (in other words, streamed) without being downloaded?
Thanks! I much appreciate your help.