Yahoo Joins Podcasting Bandwagon
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Following in the footsteps of AOL and Apple, Yahoo has begun testing out a new search engine dedicated to audio files, or podcasts, available on the Web. Yahoo! Podcasts categorizes podcasts by topic, keyword and user-created tags. The site also features reviews and ratings of the top podcasts.
Like Apple has done with iTunes, Yahoo Music Engine users can access podcasts directly from the audio player. Listeners can subscribe to podcasts through their RSS feeds, or listen to the audio directly from Yahoo. The site will allow for playback at 2x speed to more quickly get through long podcasts. Down the road, Yahoo even plans to introduce software to help users create their own podcasts.