I bookmarked this article and will be renovating my site over the next few days.

Thanks!

I agree on the article. If you look at this in offense, then I would say that you are looking at it the wrong way. If you were to embrace the issues and correct the problems, you might just get a boost in your listeners.

Then again, if you don’t, then maybe something else is wrong…

I personally found the data useful as a newbie to the podcasting world.

Thanks to Todd, this information gave me ideas on what I might be doing wrong or areas I could improve on.

Again, Thanks Todd.

Having worked in this space for 5 years and haven been one of the first 100 podcasters and also the lead person at RawVoice that is putting 100′s of thousands of dollars in podcasters pockets each year I feel I know a little bit about what it takes to grow a show.

These data points should tell you if your website is missing elements. The fix to each of these issues is simple and the average podcaster could be in the 100 percentile in a very short time.

Todd…

I am also a bit confused – one minute we are talking about teamwork/working together, but then when someone suggests that a proofreader might improve the readability of a post (ignoring the sarcasm, of course), “quit bitching”?

I have been a long-time listener of your podcast, and a sometimes reader of your blog. I admit that it has sometimes been difficult to read some of the posts due to the errors, I have always come back because I respected your opinions and your willingness to put yourself out there. I am shocked, however, that you would treat someone like that when they are attempting to participate in the conversation. I will have to think long and hard before I again listen to your podcast.

Thank you for your time. I sincerely hope that your response was typed “in the heat of the moment” and was not intended to alienate your readers/listeners.

“Ewe cud awl weighs real eye on a spell cheque err.”

My own independent podcast, which did not receive a nomination, is not part of a group of podcasters, although I have friends in the podcast community.

It was written up a few days ago in the Washington Post, which really makes me happier than winning something like this:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/08/AR2009110817915_pf.html

Even if they figure out that their feed is not working properly (as I did on one of my WordPress blogs), some, like me, are ill-equipped to fix it. As such, we turn to a forum or stumble through a google search and if we don’t happen to find the answer or we can’t get an answer we stay right where we are with a broken RSS feed. I posted a question at the WP forums and never got an answer to what should have been, for someone, a simple question.

Sadly most podcasters are not willing to work together. Look at what we have accomplished at TechPodcasts.com, ProMedNetwork.com, TravelCastNetwork.com all of these shows are thriving and growing at much higher rates then regular shows.

Until podcasters quit thinking they can do it on there own networks mainstream or independent will continue to thrive.

Revision Three, TWIT, GSPN, TPN are represented well simply because they are networking and not going it alone. But you cannot tell this to most A type personality podcasters.

The number of indpendent shows nominated this year is about the same as last year, the exception is the sports section and why is sports different ESPN has been smart they have a large number of sports shows being distributed in podcast format.

Strength in numbers continues to be a model that works and pays well for those that belong.

2008′s nominated class was comprised almost entirely of independent podcasts. There wasn’t a single nomination for an ESPN podcast nor a show listed on Yahoo.

What happened? And where is the support for the independent podcaster? That is not to just call out those who nominated the shows but to the community as well.

Todd, your project last year produced a list of shows from the little guy. What changed in twelve months?

It’s time for the independent podcasters to unite for one common goal and one purpose – to promote the media they produce and the art of podcasting itself. and to do it not to put money in the pocket of anyone out there. This should be free – just like our shows.

Awards are nice but not necessary. The simple truth is that the ESPN’s of the world will dominate the space until we prove that we can produce quality content and that we can promote it.

Do not podcasters understand that they need to use proper punctuation when phrasing a question?

And what is happening on podcasters’ sites? Are they using apostrophes when appropriate?

What in the world does the success of your show have to do with the perceived failings of other content creators. If your show is successful, bully for you!

By the way, if you set a thousand friends loose, you will probably lose a few in the process.

-=-Mister Ron-=-