This is something we plan to address very soon by building our own search index for episodes - it's a big job as there are over 100m episodes out there which is why we've held off until now.
Hopefully you won't have to wait too much longer.
The ONLY reason I can’t use nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5 exclusively for podcast is because of how garbage the podcast index is at searching my own show.
If I search “Bitcoin Audible Whitepaper” then despite 100s of results not a SINGLE episode of my show is even there. If I search the same in Spotify, the episode with the whitepaper is, obviously, the top result.
This has been going on forever and it’s so fucking annoying. I’ve contacted the guys who literally made the podcast index, and have tried to sort this out on maybe a dozen different occasions in the past 2 years, and it’s still complete trash.
Discussion
Do you use the Podcasting 2.0 index? Just wondering if it wouldn’t make more sense to improve an open solution so everyone benefits from it.
That's what im referring to in the OP. The podcast 2.0 index is the thing that has the problem, which is making nostr:npub1unmftuzmkpdjxyj4en8r63cm34uuvjn9hnxqz3nz6fls7l5jzzfqtvd0j2 have to rebuild the whole thing and implement something different.
If i could figure out what the hell is happening with the podcast 2.0 index I'd LOVE to just get it fixed, but i've been trying for a very long time and it hasn't changed in at least 2+ years.