podcast / blogcast

[Glen]

Do you do either of these? :grin:

[Paz]

Certainly not... LOL

What's the difference between a blogcast and a podcast anyway?

[Glen]

Why the certainly not?

A blogcast is a portmanteau of two better known media types, the blog and the podcast into a single website. A blogcast is a podcast with an associated text summary, which can be indexed by search engines to make the podcast searchable. A "'blogcast'" can also be and instrumental piece of music that would reflect part of someone's life, e.g. a busy piece means a busy time. It can still be accompanied by text.

A podcast is a media file that is distributed by subscription (paid or unpaid) over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers[1]. Like 'radio', it can mean both the content and the method of broadcast. The latter may also be termed podcasting. The host or author of a podcast is often called a podcaster. The person who receives the podcast is often called the wainer.

Though podcasters' web sites may also offer direct download or streaming of their content, a podcast is distinguished from other digital audio formats by its ability to be downloaded automatically using software capable of reading feed formats such as RSS or Atom.

[Paz]

Thanks for explaining the difference Glen.

I don't know, with broadband usage expanding I can see that it will be increasingly important to to get videos out there for the people who don't have time or don't want to read.

I remember when Matt Cutts did a few podcasts... watched it for 20 seconds and decided I hated the guy more than ever. Luckily you made a transcript available... you must have gotten a lot of traffic for that?

[Glen]

I remember when Matt Cutts did a few podcasts... watched it for 20 seconds and decided I hated the guy more than ever. Luckily you made a transcript available... you must have gotten a lot of traffic for that?

Few thousand hits overall, as I got a lot of links all together, still get traffic to this day 8-)

I liked matts videos though :eek: