he top word for the year amount of useful content on their
2005 was "podcasting," as website. For example, all of the
selected by the New Oxford major news agencies that
American Dictionary. According to distribute countless pages of
one dictionary, podcasting is written information now also
"the web-based broadcast which offer their subscribers portable
works with software that audio content as well.
automatically detects new files
and is accessed by subscription." Podcasting is produced from two
separate actions. The first
There are two explanations of the action is to design, create, and
etymology of the word, record an audio show that is to
"podcasting." One explanation is be broadcast later. An audio file
that it is a combination of the is created and is made available
words "iPod" and "broadcasting," on the podcaster's website in
because early listeners generally order for listeners to download
downloaded audio broadcasts to the file directly to their
their Apple iPod mp3 devices. The listening device or to listen to
other explanation is that the the file as it streams from the
root of the word comes from the website. Additionally, the smart
acronym for "personal on demand," podcaster will make the audio
which would be pod. Personal on file available through a
demand broadcasting becomes subscription-based feed. The
podcasting. subscription is generally free,
but some podcasters charge a
Podcasting began as a means to small fee for the subscription.
distribute music files, but soon The web feed stores the audio
website owners realized that file so that a listener can have
podcasting the spoken word was an access to the file at any time
important way to increase the they choose.
be able to increase the amount of
The second action is for the visitors to their website by
listener to periodically check being able to offer podcasts as
for new content from their an additional source of
favorite shows. The listener can information.
either search for new content or
download it to their digital
audio device or they can enlist
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