I searched the web for finding podcast. There are many different way to find podcast but there are several sites that are listed to help you sift through the many sites.
Podcast search engines
In general, major search engines aren't indexing podcasts in a format that's easy to find, at least. However, there are podcast-specific search engines that have solved this problem:
Podscope: Podscope is a specialized search engine that only looks for podcasts, searching for the spoken words within the podcasts themselves.
Yahoo Podcasts: Out of all the podcast search engines that I've come across, Yahoo Podcasts is the one that I've been able to consistently and successfully use to find good podcasts. Very user-friendly.
SingingFish: Use the drop-down menu on the top left to specify that you only want to bring back audio results; conversely, you can also just type in podcast and you'll get a whole ream of results.
There's also Podzinger, Blinkx, BlogDigger, and Lycos Audio Search in the podcast search engine arena.
Podcast directories
Podcast directories are virtual gold mines for finding good podcasts. Here are a few of my favorites:
PodcastAlley.com: A podcast lover's dream. Includes the very useful Top Ten Podcasts of the Month (as voted by listeners).
Podcast.net: Podcasts here are categorized by tags; thousands of podcasts in a plethora of subjects are available for free download.
NPR Podcast Directory: Not a ton of podcasts here, but it's NPR, come on! Quality podcasts in a subject directory format.
PodcastBunker: Their motto is "quality, not quantity" and boy, they're not kidding. One of the best places to find podcasts on the web.
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ReplyDeleteYou found some awesome resources... some I'd never heard of. Thanks!