How to Create a Podcast

Posted on September 25, 2011 by admin

How to Create a Podcast

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This timely and thought provoking video by Butch Hamilton, offers Google readers an insider look at the world of podcasting. It is interesting to know what a podcast really is.

A podcast (or non-streamed webcast) is a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication. The word replaced webcast in common use with the success of the iPod and its role in the rising popularity and innovation of web feeds.

The mode of delivery differentiates podcasting from other means of accessing media files over the Internet, such as direct download, or streamed webcasting. A list of all the audio or video files currently associated with a given series is maintained centrally on the distributor’s server as a web feed, and the listener or viewer employs special client application software known as a podcatcher that can access this web feed, check it for updates, and download any new files in the series. This process can be automated so that new files are downloaded automatically. Files are stored locally on the user’s computer or other device ready for offline use, giving simple and convenient access to episodic content. Commonly used audio file formats are Ogg Vorbis and MP3. In many respects, this is closer to traditional publishing models associated with books and magazines (as opposed to radio, which uses a live stream).

Academics at the Community, Journalism & Communication Research group at the University of Texas at Austin in the USA are proposing a four-part definition of a podcast: A podcast is a digital audio or video file that is episodic; downloadable; program-driven, mainly with a host and/or theme; and convenient, usually via an automated feed with computer software.

A much better definition of the podcast is simply an MP3 recording which has been uploaded to a server, and is available via a link. After the podcast link is made, then the process of promoting that link can take place on the search engines.

Though many podcast services are available, I choose TalkShoeRadio as one of the best I have found. Ease of operation and setup, with a very substantial Alexa.com ranking, certainly makes TalkShoe a very popular podcast service. Here is a good example of one of my most popular podcast series: Search Engine Optimization Services. Much work has been done here in providing listeners with the very best information concerning SEO available.

Since I also am fully convinced of keeping information and work close at hand, I also use my own hosting to provide, Butch Hamilton Podcasts as well.

NOTE: There will be a second video loaded here soon that will cover, in detail, the process of actually uploading an MP3 to a server.

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