Dedicated And Shared Servers

To begin you will first need to buy a domain and web hosting. Podcasting requires a lot of storage and bandwidth for large audio/video files. It is advisable that when you buy web hosting select a plan with unlimited bandwidth and storage. If your podcast grows in popularity frequent downloading can put a strain on the server at some point you may needed to switch to a dedicated hosting plan.

Now that you have a domain and hosting, you will need to download a free script called DirCaster.Php. Edit to include relevant domain information and then upload the software to your web server. This crucial script will generate a RSS feed containing links allowing subscribers to download past and current podcasts.

To begin podcasting create an audio file (mp3. Fill in the date, author, summary, etc…)

One important note, Podcast file must be in the same directory, as the script dircaster.php. to be found. You can update podcast feeds by uploading new files to the directory.

Do not forget to name your podcast. To help subscribers find files pick short names, you can attach numbers or shorten long names by using abbreviations.

To find topic related podcasts make use of the many directories on the web. They help you easily explore the many topic related broadcasts by organizing them into categories. Some directories have a ranking system. Some Rank by top 50, new podcasts, most visited, highest rated, top rated and most subscribed. Depending on the size of the directory, there can be thousands of audio and video broadcasts available. Therefore, if you are a podcast buff this is the place to go.

• podcast411.com
• allpodcasts.com
• blinkx.com
• itunes.com
• social.zune.net
• rimpodcast.quickplay.ca (podcasts for blackberry)
• ibizradio.com/podcasts (business feed)
• publicradiofan.com/podcasts.html

Podcasts come in many languages. There are broadcasts in Spanish, German and many more.