Podcasting
Articles and resources about the use of podcasting by government.
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Podcasting - Archive
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Articles and resources about the use of podcasting by government.
- Podcasting and Videocasting Workshop - SBM Unleashed
- by Jackie Baker. Search Engine Guide, September 23, 2008. Summary of a Podcasting and Videocasting Workshop with Sage Lewis including discussions about video equipment, optimizing your YouTube videos, video commenting, other video services, putting video to work For businesses and a few quick notes on podcasting.
- Information Architecture for Audio: Doing It Right
- by Jens Jacobsen. Boxes and Arrows, 12 September 2008. "Content today is increasingly delivered by audio both online and in the real world. We have radio shows and newscasts, and in recent years, podcasts, audio books and navigation/car assistance systems have been added to the field. Audio is more emotional, as sound effects and acoustic atmosphere enhance content to help deliver its messages. It also affords users the opportunity to interact with content while their hands and eyes are busy (i.e. when doing physical work, driving, walking, etc). However, the inclusion of audio often results in usability issues that make it difficult for users to access and understand content. That is why we need new tools to organize linear content like audio..."
- Podcast Usage Still Skews Young
- eMarketer.com, September 2, 2008. "More listeners and viewers, more ad spending. Nearly one out of five (19%) Internet users in the US say they have downloaded a podcast, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Pew's researchers said that was up from 12% in August 2006. However, podcast downloading is still a niche activity. Even among those who said they downloaded podcasts, only 17% did so on a typical day..."
- Podcast Downloading 2008
- by Mary Madden and Sydney Jones. Pew Internet and American Life, 28 August 2008. "As gadgets with digital audio capability proliferate, podcast downloading continues to increase. Currently, 19% of all internet users say they have downloaded a podcast so they could listen to it or view it later. This most recent percentage is up from 12% of internet users who reported downloading podcasts in our August 2006 survey and 7% in our February-April 2006 survey..."
- Podcasting: Get Your Message Heard
- By Dave Evans, The ClickZ Network, August 27, 2008. "Podcasting, particularly audio podcasting, is a channel that simply isn't used enough. In the spirit of full disclosure, I cofounded the business podcasting firm, HearThis.com, in 2005. But even without that obvious bias, I'd argue that podcasting will be a much larger part of marketing in the future than it is now. In my column this week, I'll talk about why and focus on an innovative new podcasting tool from Personal Life Media that's perfect for marketing..."
- Podcast promotes online tax filing
- Kablenet, 16 April 2008. "HM Revenue and Customs has launched a podcast encouraging employers to file their end-of-year tax returns online. The short film can be downloaded onto an iPod or viewed online, and shows the main features of HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) PAYE Online system. It takes viewers through the registration process, and provides a taste of what it's like to file online..."
- Search Illustrated: Podcast Optimization
- by Elliance. Search Engine Land, November 13, 2007. "Optimizing your audio files takes more than just recording your message. Today's infographic details the steps needed to ensure your podcasts have the best potential of being found by the listeners and search engines alike..."
- Podcasting: a Top SEO Tip for 2007
- Contributed by Gary Beal. Search Optimization, 26 September 2007. "Gary Beal, well known to SEO Chat forum members as GaryTheScubaGuy, came up with 21 excellent tips for SEO for 2007 to turn the remainder of this year and of course 2008 into one of your best. He went into massive detail for all of his tips, which is why we're running them in parts. Yesterday we ran the first part, which featured the first two tips. Today's article is completely devoted to his third tip, which is all about podcasting..."
- Podcasting with Audacity: Creating a Podcast With Free Audio Software
- by Dominic Mazzoni and Scott Granneman. Webreference.com, August 14, 2007. "Edit Your Podcast - This chapter is excerpted from Podcasting with Audacity: Creating a Podcast With Free Audio Software (Digital Short Cut), authored by Dominic Mazzoni and Scott Granneman, published by Prentice Hall, Copyright 2007 Prentice Hall. All rights reserved.
You've successfully recorded your podcast—congratulations! That is an accomplishment right there, but don't make the mistake of thinking that you're finished and your podcast is ready to release onto the Net. No, you still have some work ahead of you. You need to clean up your recording and edit it to make sure that it's as close to matching your vision as possible. In this chapter, we walk through some of the most common editing tasks that you will want to perform with Audacity..."
- Podcasting
- Webcontent.gov, February 23, 2006. How and why you should implement podcasting on government websites.
- Massachusetts Governor to Launch Podcasts
- Government Technology, January 24, 2007.
"Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick this week will launch a regular podcast, speaking directly to millions of residents across the Commonwealth on a broad range of topics affecting their lives. These weekly addresses will allow the public a glimpse inside the Governor's office in a new and exciting way that recognizes a growing dependence on Web-based communication..."
- Podcast Downloading
- by Mary Madden. Pew Internet and American Life, 22 November 2006. "Some 12% of internet users say they have downloaded a podcast so they can listen to it or view it at a later time. However, few internet users are downloading podcasts with great frequency; just 1% report downloading a podcast on a typical day..."
- The Podcasting Manual
- kb2006-podcasting. An interactive manual for podcasting - how to do it and how to use it in a school context.
- 7 Steps to Creating Your Own Podcast
- by Donna Gunter. Self SEO, 12 October 2006. "... What is a podcast, anyway? A podcast is an audio file that you create in .mp3 format that is uploaded with an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) file to your server for your target market to download on any number of programs created to receive or subscribe to your audio file so that they can listen to it at their leisure on their computer or a personal mp3 device..."
- How to Create Your Own Podcast
- by Martin Bamford. Self SEO, 22 June 2006. "But first, what is podcasting? Podcasting is a relatively new kind of technology so here is a bit of background for those who haven't come across this term yet. The definition on wikipedia is pretty good: "Podcasting" is making audio files (most commonly in MP3 format) available online in a way that allows software to automatically download the files for listening at the user's convenience..."
This category last updated: 16 December 2005