Podcasting & Itunes

I tried to find the most suitable place to post this topic and there didn't seem to be perfect fit anywhere, so I decided to place it here. (Perhaps I could throw out for consideration to the moderators that blogging / podcasting etc. could be considered for its own category.)

 

Anyway to my point ...

 

I'm an audio learner and have been very excited at the growth of podcasting over the past year or so. I spend a great deal of time listening to podcasts particularly covering the subjects of marketing, as that is what I do.

 

Until this weekend, the podcasts I listened to located by seeking out something specific in google (for example a certain speaker etc.) But yesterday I downloaded Itunes and started to check THAT out.

 

If you're an ITUNES user, my question is for you ... If you dig into a category (for example business) is it listing EVERY podcast in their directory? There really doesn't seem to be that many.

 

Thanks,

 

Gin

When you browse the podcasts, iTunes will first show you the 'top podcasts'. You can click 'View All' (I forget exactly where the button is) to view all of the currently available podcasts. There may be a way to find some sort of archive but I don't know how. Personally I choose to browse different sites when looking for my podcasts. A simple google search of "podcasts" will return a huge number of websites with large podcast directories. It would be nice to have a larger selection of available 'casts within iTunes but from what I can see the bulk is hosted independent sites. I hope that answered your question.

I hope that answered your question.

Not exactly.

I was clicking on the "ALL" button. But the # was MUCH less than what I expected. In the category I was searching I expected thousands of results to come up. I think there were maybe about 150 or so.

I'm trying to figure out ... is that all that's in their database?