I just learned about the Podroll tag while listening to one of the latest episodes of Podcasting 2.0.
The documentation describes it as:
This element allows for a podcaster to include references to one or more podcasts in its
<channel>as a way of "recommending" other podcasts to their listener. It's normally shown in user interfaces as "creator recommendations", or "shows you might like".
Independently, I created something similar for this exact purpose a few years back which I also called Podroll.
One improvement that would be nice for them to add is support for providing a collection URL rather than listing feeds individually.
This would serve three purposes:
- Unified recommendations - A single link for all your recommendations
- Organized collections - Create multiple podrolls organized by different criteria or topics, similar to "starter packs"
- Simplified linking - Link to multiple podrolls through a single collection URL, giving users access to all the feeds within