The site is not a directory their are listing requirements for podcaster and thus we did not pull in 20,000 podcast feeds that was not the point as their is a business model for podcasters behind this site.
We are also a company that has built this while working our day jobs so with no funding we are building and adding features as fast as we can.
Rich Palmer
· 3 years ago
You said, "Compared to the thousands of podcasts available at Odeo or PodcastAlley, Blubrry seems virtually empty."
Did Odeo and Podcast Alley have thousands of listings on their launch day? I don't know -- I wasn't involved at that time... but this seemed a fairly inane statement. They just launched!
It would seem to me that you would give a BETA site a bit of leniency in your post. Let's wait and see what happens.
I think the most important facet of Blubrry is the opportunity for listeners and podcasters to directly interact. I can't really do that at Podcast Alley -- and the Odeo model is so clunky it is difficult to remember which link takes me to which feature.
therenottheir
· 3 years ago
Todd, you can't spell and you have a tendency to ramble with your run-on sentences. Blubrry is also a really stupid name. Thanks.
Charlie, from the Pod2Peer Pod
· 3 years ago
Great argument, piss on all day about the grammer ,cause you got nothing on the site. I like the idea. There are too many directory sites out there nowadays that leave the majority of their listed cast's buried, thus becoming nothing more than an overstuffed online yellow pages, where only the big shows get any attention. Todd and his crew seem to have hit gold in my book. They show no preferential treatment towards any cast, not even todd's bread and butter, GNC. All are equal, and all get equal treatment on the main page. From what I've seen thus far, they have managed to integrate the popular format of myspace, for the listener, with the community style of the podcast pickle, for the caster, and seem to be able to do that along with the promise of helping to do what podshow has been blowing smoke about for almost a year now, which is help the podcasters make some actual money for doing what they love. Of course they don't have a ton of shows up, it's in beta, and is being tested by a select group of podcasters who are willing to help Todd and his team hammer out the bugs before they open the doors to the no doubt floodgate of shows that will lining up to join in. They don't screw with your show, they let you control everything, you can walk when you want, and do as you decide. How many groups ou there would give you that kind of freedom while going out of their way to help get you promoted and make money, absolutly for free? Hell, if I were Todd, I'd probbably mess up soem of my replys on forums such as these, moslty cause I'd be too busy trying to help the rest of the planet to care. Kepp up the good work guys and gals over at blubrry, god knows it's about time someone stood up and finally did what's right.
Stella
· 3 years ago
Yes, Todd is a horrible writer. He spells "there" as "their" and he doesn't know where his period key is on the keyboard. Run on sentences indeed! I don't understand how this man wrote a book!
Robert Safuto
· 3 years ago
Couldn't disagree more with the post. The concept of Blubrry is not for podcasters to drop a link and run. It's about bringing in quality podcasters who want to build something from the ground up.
As such they're not looking to pull in an OPML feed and call it a day. What would be the point of that? iTunes already rules as the king of directories.
Todd Cochrane
· 3 years ago
Thanks for all the grammar lessons folks. When your answering 500 messages a day that happens. Thanks to all of the supporters of the site. One thing to remember, we did this with no funding, and we all work day jobs.
Our Motto is simple:
"Podcasters do the Work, Podcasters get Paid"
We have a long way to go, and by no means do we want 25,000 podcast on the site. That was not the goal. Podcasters that want to help the site grow, can join and must agree to the simple terms for listing. Best thing of all no lock in.
Adam
· 3 years ago
"we did this with no funding, and we all work day jobs"
I do recognize effort you and your team put in building this, but look, at the end you're in the same game as other sites/directories that do it with funding and it's their everyday (not weekend) business.
Sayign "we have a business model" is fine, but how does it help listeners, especially those with nonIT background (there will be more and more of them). It's them who generate your traffic at the end of the day. Listeners who come to this website will look for contents, which is easy to use, rich with contents, etc. Personally, blubrry.com confuses me a bit. Community? What do you mean by that? How is it implemented? As a listener I see limited podcasts, and i don't see how I can interact with anything. ok, i can leave a comment. i also see a "login in" link often which takes me to login page over and over, even if i've logged on before.
Actaully adding a friend, or even subscription does not work for me somehow.. maybe firewall at office messes sth up, not sure, anyway i don't have that kind of problems with other pcast sites. Presentation of some pages also needs to be fixed ( I saw some strange lines, and overlapping texts - clearly a bug)
If you acknowledge you're still working on this website, you should make it very clear somewhere on the first page. Otherwise listeners will get bad first impression and will not come back.
hope that helps, good luck, Adam
Graeme
· 3 years ago
I thought it was a great job. Keep on trucking.
As they say they have made the site without funding from megacorporations.
Sure they could import tons of podcasts but how much better is organic growth where people insert them themselves. This is a better measure of popularity.
If you have the budget to employ slave labourers to do bulk imports then of course your site is going to be released as a fully canned product.
Additionally - search engines don't take to kindly to masses of pages suddenly appearing in their index.
you're, not your
· 3 years ago
Hey Todd,
"When your answering 500 messages..."
You mean "you're"... :-) Anyway, I think the purpose of the review was towards listeners and reflective of the site as it is right now. Einstein couldn't add 2 and 2 at age 2, so don't sweat it or worry about the critics. If you build it, they will come. It may take time, I admit, but hang in there!
phos
· 2 years ago
wow. who gives a shit about the grammar of these simple posts? these are not formal letters. blubrry.com is a great site. if you have a comment or suggestion send it to the blubrry team and they will work with you to get the issue/request worked out. it's a podcasting community for both podcasters and listeners. personally i think it's an awesome site and it obviously has come a long way since the previous posts.
positive vibes guys...positive.
Bob Merc-The Shift
· 2 years ago
Let's everybody catch there breath and back off Todd just a little bit here...I can tell you something without reservation...his podcasting book...friggin fantastic...I'm disabled with Rhuematoid Arthritis...I love sports-talk and he got me on my way in August of 2005. I have done 73 podcasts since and got picked up to do a 1-hour "live" show each week at www.tpsradio.net called The Shift. His book was invaluable to me. Let's forget about grammar here a minute and realize what he has on his table...a job...Geek News Central is wildly popular and I'm sure he has limited time...Todd, great job...very insightful and agreesive. I'm proud to be a part of it!!!-Bob Merc of The Scranton Pa. Sports Shift Podcast and The Shift "Live" on TPSRadio.net ...which is also available as a podcast...be sure to check MY spelling!!!
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We are also a company that has built this while working our day jobs so with no funding we are building and adding features as fast as we can.
Did Odeo and Podcast Alley have thousands of listings on their launch day? I don't know -- I wasn't involved at that time... but this seemed a fairly inane statement. They just launched!
It would seem to me that you would give a BETA site a bit of leniency in your post. Let's wait and see what happens.
I think the most important facet of Blubrry is the opportunity for listeners and podcasters to directly interact. I can't really do that at Podcast Alley -- and the Odeo model is so clunky it is difficult to remember which link takes me to which feature.
As such they're not looking to pull in an OPML feed and call it a day. What would be the point of that? iTunes already rules as the king of directories.
Our Motto is simple:
"Podcasters do the Work, Podcasters get Paid"
We have a long way to go, and by no means do we want 25,000 podcast on the site. That was not the goal. Podcasters that want to help the site grow, can join and must agree to the simple terms for listing. Best thing of all no lock in.
I do recognize effort you and your team put in building this, but look, at the end you're in the same game as other sites/directories that do it with funding and it's their everyday (not weekend) business.
Sayign "we have a business model" is fine, but how does it help listeners, especially those with nonIT background (there will be more and more of them). It's them who generate your traffic at the end of the day.
Listeners who come to this website will look for contents, which is easy to use, rich with contents, etc.
Personally, blubrry.com confuses me a bit. Community? What do you mean by that? How is it implemented? As a listener I see limited podcasts, and i don't see how I can interact with anything. ok, i can leave a comment. i also see a "login in" link often which takes me to login page over and over, even if i've logged on before.
Actaully adding a friend, or even subscription does not work for me somehow.. maybe firewall at office messes sth up, not sure, anyway i don't have that kind of problems with other pcast sites.
Presentation of some pages also needs to be fixed ( I saw some strange lines, and overlapping texts - clearly a bug)
If you acknowledge you're still working on this website, you should make it very clear somewhere on the first page. Otherwise listeners will get bad first impression and will not come back.
hope that helps, good luck, Adam
As they say they have made the site without funding from megacorporations.
Sure they could import tons of podcasts but how much better is organic growth where people insert them themselves. This is a better measure of popularity.
If you have the budget to employ slave labourers to do bulk imports then of course your site is going to be released as a fully canned product.
Additionally - search engines don't take to kindly to masses of pages suddenly appearing in their index.
"When your answering 500 messages..."
You mean "you're"... :-) Anyway, I think the purpose of the review was towards listeners and reflective of the site as it is right now. Einstein couldn't add 2 and 2 at age 2, so don't sweat it or worry about the critics. If you build it, they will come. It may take time, I admit, but hang in there!
positive vibes guys...positive.