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Changing Your Feed URL.

Podcasters occasionally need to move their feed from one location to another.
To do so without losing subscribers, you must convey the change directly to all
users who are subscribed to your feed. If possible, you should do two
things:

• You should use the <itunes:new-feed-url> tag described in
  the iTunes RSS Tags section below. The tag will cause the iTunes Store to be
  updated with the new feed URL, as well as all iTunes client versions that
  support podcasting.
  
• You should set your web server to return an HTTP 301 response and redirect
  when receiving a request for the old feed. Doing so will cause both the iTunes
  Store and the most (but not all) iTunes clients that have subscribed to your
  podcast to pick up the new feed URL.
  
• The <itunes:new-feed-url> tag will work for iTS and all
  versions of the iTunes client that support podcasting. The 301 redirect will
  work for most of your subscribers who do not use the iTunes client. We recommend
  that you use both methods to update the greatest possible number of subscribers
  with your new feed URL.
  
• Be sure to maintain the <itunes:new-feed-url< tag and the
  301 redirect for at least two weeks to ensure that most subscribers have
  attempted to download your most recent episode and have thereby received the new
  URL.
  
• If you are not able to use both methods, you may want to include an audio
  note in your podcast, informing your subscribers that your podcast has changed
  locations.