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Podcasting host sites
http://www.podcastpickle.com/
This is an excellent site about podcasting and it doesn’t take itself too seriously. It claims to be the best on the Internet and it is probably a fairly accurate claim. It’s definitely one of the best.
http://www.podcastalley.com/
This site is very easy to navigate around and has tons of great podcasts to listen to. You will be hard-pressed to not find something here that interests you! The way it works is that you select a category and it gives you all the podcasts in that category. Then you scroll through the titles and click on one to find a brief description of the podcast and an option to subscribe.
http://www.podcastbunker.com/
This site is well put together and provides a large list of podcasts. It also advertises itself as the home of the 30 second podcast preview. When you click on the name of the podcast you are taken to another screen that tells you a bit about the podcast as well as the frequency it is produced and the average length of the podcasts. This is great if you are looking to fill a specific length of time.
http://www.thepodcastnetwork.com/
This site is the first commercial podcasting site on the Internet. It is quite pleasing to look at and has some good content but doesn’t seem to be as comprehensive as some of the other sites.
http://www.podcast.net/
This site has a lot of promise as being a very comprehensive site, the only problem is that the pages under each subheading take too long to load so if you’re impatient you’ll probably go elsewhere. Also, the information given for each podcast is not very telling. All in all, good potential but could be tweaked a bit better.
http://learnoutloud.com
LearnOutLoud.com is a site that is working hard at becoming the premiere place to hear audiobooks, podcasts, and any kind of audio media. While still in its infancy, it is slowly gathering resources to provide people with great media. They’ve selected some real winning podcasts.
http://podcasthost.com/
This site was surprisingly impressive. It didn’t seem to really boast at having a great selection of podcasts, but if you go to the directory, you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
http://www.podbus.com/
This site will host your podcast for you. They charge a fee, but they will also automatically attach your podcast to an RSS feed. The site is simple and well laid out and the fee is not that much.
http://www.podcasterhosting.com/index.php
If you will sign up for this company and pay their fee, you can send your podcast to their site and enable the RSS feed so that you don't have to have a program that does that for you. You'll still want to get your podcast hosted at other sites but your podcast URL will point to this site.
http://blipmedia.org/
They have a very attractive site that allows you to create your own podcast. And you don’t need a webpage, they provide a profile page for you and they host it for free on their site. It looks great and this is a really good site for beginners. It seems to be a simpler version of the blog you created in a previous chapter. In fact, if you don’t want to maintain a blog, this might be a better choice for you. Like the earlier site, you simply phone in your blog to them and they post it.
https://www.libsyn.com/index.php
Again, this is like a paid version of the blog you set up. Like most of the paid sites, you can send them your podcast and they will attach it to an RSS feed and either give you a blog or let you use your current site to host it. Doesn’t look like they do a lot of marketing right now for you, but they give you a place to let your voice be heard.
http://audioblog.com
This nice looking site will sell you a blog and let you phone or download your podcast to them. They even support vidcasting as well! The price seems reasonable and they appear to provide a lot of support.
http://ourmedia.org
This is a nicely designed site that lets you post your podcasts for free. They also support vidcasting. Like many of these sites, it’s up to you to market it, but this looks like a nice place to park your podcast.
http://podlot.com/
Another inexpensive place to host your website. For about $5/month they will give you some space to put your podcast into an RSS feed, but it’s a pretty bare bones service. There’s other sites that seem to do a little more for free. Still, if you’re looking for simplicity and ease of use, this might be the place to go.
http://www.blogmatrix.com/sparks_main/
This site will host your podcast and provide a podcatcher (like Doppler). Their site is free but you can also pay to upgrade to other levels of service as well.
http://www.podblaze.com/
Another free site. Well laid out. They offer quite a few features for the podcaster, but unlike the blogger.com site you signed up for a couple chapters ago, you don’t to phone in your podcast, you can use your computer’s microphone.
http://slapcast.com/
Another free site. You phone your podcast in, like blogger.com, but the site looks like it’s still fairly new and underdeveloped.
http://www.sportpodcasts.com/
If you like sports, this is the directory that will take you to podcasts on a wide variety: From auto racing to wrestling and everything in between. Also, it’s surprisingly orange!
http://streetiq.com/
This collection of podcasts is focused on the stock market and financial industry.
http://www.podcastingnews.com/topics/Podcast_Directory.html
If you can’t find what you’re looking for in some of the podcast sites above, check this site out. It is a very comprehensive collection of directories and you are sure to find what you want here.
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