Hey, chums, I'm Sreejith from Webmaster-Dome SEO blog. I'm planning to add podcasts to my site. So, do you think it is a good idea ? I mean, are podcasts good for your website ? We know that Google crawls only text, pdf and some classified flash files. So, do you think it would be worth the effort ? I'm sure my visitors would love it. What do you think ?

Another question is about the platform. I'm recording voice using Audacity(Open Source). So, should I host the files on a private server and buy a Wimpy Streaming player for my site or host it at Odeo and use the odeo player instead ? Well, I don't have the cash right now but I will be.

Wimpy player is commercial and definitely not free. But odeo is free and has a good community around it. Tell me what you guys think.

Podcasts are made searchable now, as they say at www.Castingwords.com, so I think now there seems no problems with search engine crawling. This particular site and few other sites similar to this one gives you option also to transcript.

I think future of podcasting is good and so it’s a really good idea to start using it. You also can refer to guide here about podcasting - http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2005/12/walking_through.html

Thanks starlington !! That really helped me. Nice resource you gave me. I wonder why anyone isn't replying to this post. Well, castingwords isn't free. Isn't it ? About the future of podcasting, I think it has great potential since it is one of the social media and is part of the web 2.0 stuff and all.

Anyway, talkupation added !!

Thanks astrojith, glad the information helped you.

I have not myself used castingwords, so not very sure if its free or not, but I have heard the reviews that say its good.