Podcasting buzz doubles in five days

I wrote last Friday about how podcasting is spreading round the internet at warp speed. I did a follow up today, and the number of hits on Google has doubled in five days, from 66,000 hits on Friday, October 15 to 118,000 today on Wednesday, October 20. And it’s not just talk (!), some are actually trying it out. Swedish blog pioneer Steffanie Müller has started audioblogging on her blog “logblogwhatever“.

Footnote: Googling “podcasting” got 15-20 hits a month ago. On October 8 it gave you 13,000 hits. On October 15 you got 66,000 hits.

(This is “google journalism” at its finest…)

Buzzword alert – Podcasting

You’ve just learned about blogs and wikis. Now you need to know the latest buzzword – podcasting, the process of sending audio content directly to an iPod or other MP3 player. Googling “podcasting” got 15-20 hits a month ago. On October 8 it gave you 13,000 hits. Today, one week later you get 66,000 hits. Now that’s what I call a buzzword.

Steve Rubel has a good roundup for PR people. Wired also published a story about it last week.

Apparently Joshua Kinberg of Bikes Against Bush-fame is working on a video blog aggregator over at Vipodder.org. Stay tuned.