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October 10, 2005

Yahoo! Enters Podcast Search Market

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Posted by Alex Williams

In the past few weeks, the news of Yahoo!'s entry into the podcasting world started to emerge. Podcasters recived e-mails from Yahoo! asking if they would submit their podcasts to the search engine giant. Over the summer, Yahoo! announced an audio search tool which includes the capability to search for podcasts.

Now it's official. From MSNBC:

Hoping to tune into the latest craze in digital media, Yahoo Inc. is introducing tools for finding, organizing and rating "podcasts" — the audio programs designed to be played on Apple Inc.'s iPod and many other portable music players.

John Furrier did an exclusive interivew with Geoff Ralston, Yahoo's chief product officer, who talks extensively about their plans.

Interview: http://www.podtech.net/?p=181


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Yahoo prparerait son entre dans le podcasting ? from Podcaster - Toutes les infos sur le podcasting
Selon MSNBC, Yahoo prparerait un service de recherche ddie au podcasts. "Nous entendons tre la source de rfrence pour la recherche de podcasts" indique Geoff Ralston, responsable de produits chez Yahoo. Yahoo serait ainsi le premier grand... [Read More]

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