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July 2006

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#187 1:01:55

GNC-2006-07-14

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Lets Talk Podcast Demographics

Since I am on this Podcasting demographic kick today lets talk about demographics. Seeing I have run two surveys I have a pretty good idea who is listening to this show. This is the demographic breakdown on my show only. I am probably revealing more online than anyone ever has about a podcasting audience but lets look at real numbers

RSSCACHE.com another RSS feed Hijacker!

Before I get into it, I don't know about you, but when is this type of activity going to end. Here is part of what rsscache.com sent me that was in my spam folder. "This email is to inform you that your feed "Geek News Central Podcast" at https://www.geeknewscentral.com/podcast.xml has been added to our online service RSScache.com. Your feed has

Microsoft and Yahoo Bridge Global IM consumers win big!

Well this is a development worth talking about, Yahoo and Microsoft is starting beta testing interoperability between there instant messaging service. Folks this is off the charts, and could really drive the other player lAOL to pony up to the bar and play as well. I have been using a single IM client "Trillan" for a couple of years now,

Nielsen did not ask anyone for real numbers on Podcasting

I laugh every time I read one of these ridiculous articles podcasting articles, and yesterday article by Nielsen was icing on the cake. This group has no factual basis to assert what they have and the comparison they made simply does not make sense. I and my companies have been collecting real podcast listener statistics for over a year, and

Questions for the Entertainment Industry

The EFF has posted some great questions that you can ask if you ever get in debate with a representative from either the MPAA or RIAA. [eff.org]

Tiscali a UK ISP tells British recording industry to stand down!

The British Recording Industry pulled a fast one earlier in the week, in asking ISP's in the UK to start killing the accounts of people suspected of doing high volumes of file sharing. Tiscali one of those ISP's, told the British Recording Industry in no uncertain terms, to go get a court order. Two cheers for the management at Tiscali.

One Red Paperclip Scores a House

Well it took one year, but a guy that started with a red paperclip, and traded it for other items with the goal of getting a house. Today that goal was achieved. [oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com]

GLife by Google?

Your not going to believe the new product deliver and holding service they just launched. [GLife] :)

Direct Conversations with Dell

It's nice to see Dell listening, and responding on their blog, and I am sure that the blogsphere and small companies like mine will appreciate that enough that if they can get some of their customer service ratings up. That I as a small business owner may be inclined to check out some dell products next time we need to

Banking Online can it be trusted?

For a long time now anytime a email comes in that says anything about banking I delete it. Recently a bank I do business with started sending e-mails informing me of special offers which as a consumer was worth investigating. But to be honest with you I don't trust any of the e-mail, as it is to hard to determine

BitTorrent moving into Mainstream File Distribution

Is it not time that Apple, Microsoft, MPAA and the RIAA acknowledge that BitTorrent is good when applied legally, and incorporate BitTorrent into applications such as iTunes, Windows Media Player etc. The only way we are gonna keep the train moving forward with a rocket engine driving the new media growth in videocast, and podcasting is to give some relief

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