And new services

Sep 15, 2005 15:20 GMT  ·  By

Podcasting is the hottest service around not only for Apple and its affiliates. There may be a place in the business for search engines; at least, for AOL.

Bringing the podcasting craze to a new level, AOL introduced new features designed to deliver the best of the web's podcasts to the more than 100 million unique visitors to AOLs network of web properties.

Currently available at http://www.aol.com/podcasting, listeners can easily discover, experience and download some of the web's most popular podcasts, including programs from KCRW, "This Week in Tech," AOL's "Sports Bloggers Live," "Reel Reviews," the BBC, CNN and more through the comprehensive Podcasting 101 feature, or enjoy a 24/7 stream of standout programming on AOL Radio's new Podcasting station. Fans are also able to search for thousands of additional podcasts with the new version of AOL's Winamp 5.1 media player.

In addition to the new podcast programming launched today, AOL's popular Winamp 5.1 media player includes a new podcast directory called SHOUTcast Wire. The directory gives users the ability to discover, download and subscribe to hundreds of podcasts from podcasters around the world.

For its AOL Search Engine Podcast Search offering, AOL will be working with TVEyes' Podscope Search. The AOL Podcast Search will offer podcasts available through the integration of TVEyes' Spoken Word Indexing.

This innovative search capability will allow fans to get audio search results and sample from tens of thousands of search-specific audio clips.

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