Comments on: Podcasting is Easier than Blogging (in Theory) http://softwareas.com/podcasting-is-easier-than-blogging-in-theory Mahemoff's Podcast/Blog - Web, Programming, Usability from the Author of 'Ajax Design Patterns' (AjaxPatterns.org) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:55:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jason Salas http://softwareas.com/podcasting-is-easier-than-blogging-in-theory/comment-page-1#comment-2301 Jason Salas Sat, 13 Aug 2005 05:53:51 +0000 http://www.softwareas.com/podcasting-is-easier-than-blogging-in-theory#comment-2301 <p>Good points...podcasting has arrived and is more demanding from a production equipment standpoint, but is a more effective way of communication, being closer to multimedia (which is always preferred than plaintext by the majority of consumers). And I can say a heck of a lot more than I can write, so production is quicker.</p> <p>The other advantage I see at the moment blogging has over podcasting is that most major search services (who am I kidding...Google!) don't index voice, so archiving, searching, finding and retrieving cool stuff is next to impossible without an adequate page with detailed show notes....which usually comes from a blog.</p> Good points…podcasting has arrived and is more demanding from a production equipment standpoint, but is a more effective way of communication, being closer to multimedia (which is always preferred than plaintext by the majority of consumers). And I can say a heck of a lot more than I can write, so production is quicker.

The other advantage I see at the moment blogging has over podcasting is that most major search services (who am I kidding…Google!) don’t index voice, so archiving, searching, finding and retrieving cool stuff is next to impossible without an adequate page with detailed show notes….which usually comes from a blog.

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