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Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

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Post by slg »

This is something that I have wanted to exist for a long time, but is a pretty massive undertaking because there are so many small niche podcasts.

The podcasts I spot checked all looked fairly accurate, although you do need to be careful with common names. Jordan Morris [1] is the name of a podcaster/comedian, a soccer player, and a singer. All of their profiles are combined into one. In order to separate those out you would need to do some analysis on the genre of the podcasts. The podcasts that talk about sports are probably talking about the soccer player, etc. It is also tough to rely on common lookup tools like Google because the Jordan Morris that is a podcaster is probably the least famous of the three but is clearly the most relevant for your site.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Morris

Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

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Post by MichaelApproved »

fluxquanta wrote: post #49
MichaelApproved wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's awesome to hear, thanks =D From a technical perspective, I've been working on streaming live shows via YouTube and having that automatically embed on the homepage and throughout the site. It's displaying 4 cameras in a 2x2 layout similar to this NSFW clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLqRSwyqnU1WEECXxN3uN08G2... I'm also working on a new app that uses Cordova/Ionic Framework that'll make it easier to lis…

All very cool stuff. Let's just say that the reasons why I stopped listening to KATG were not tech related. There was a point when I was beginning discussions with a former KATG guest to develop an app for his podcast, but that didn't work out. Similar to your work it would've involved going much further beyond simple RSS feeds and I would've needed to write an API, provision servers, and write a front end (I was loo…

The biggest issue I see with podcasting is the complicated subscribe process and monetization of the show. The biggest fish (Marc, Joe, Leo) have a team behind them to help with monetization but subscribing is still problematic.

Without having a custom app for your podcast, you need to explain to people what an RSS feed is. You just lost 80% of your potential listeners.

Alternatively, you can suggest they use a 3rd party app, like Stitcher and search for your show. Now you're promoting someone else's product and it's impossible to create a sales funnel using someone else's app, if the customer even manages to jump through the hurdle of installing Stitcher and then finding your show.

From a developers perspective, there are the problems that you described and there's no white labeled podcast app. That means, most podcasters can't afford to have their own app.

Podcasting is a medium that's dying to be upended. I'm experimenting with some ideas to do just that. First step is getting the KATG app into production, so I can test some of my theories.

Sounds like you're an app developer as well. Working on any fun projects?

Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

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Post by florianletsch »

Kiro wrote: post #56

Where is the Top 250? I've never listened to a podcast and want to listen to the best one there is.

Still building up a user base so we can have better results, but here is the top list of our platform: https://podcastprofile.com/top (the project is in its early stages, basically the result of a hackathon we had a few weeks back)

Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

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Post by doctorcroc »

Awesome product. I love that podcasts are getting more attention, with companies creating discovery platforms like http://producthunt.com/podcasts.

One suggestion - would be really nice to have categories for podcasts. Much like movies, it is difficult for niche/indie movies to compete with the super well funded hollywood productions. For example, we produce a software podcast (http://softwareengineeringdaily.com) and it would be a huge benefit to be able to search for Tech specific shows and see what's relevant to you.

Keep up the good work!

Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

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Post by zzzmarcus »

brndn wrote: post #32

I would love a way to browse through podcast categories. From the homepage, I was looking for a 'tech' link or something to find some that would interest me. Great start though. Good luck.

I agree. Search results seem to be limited to 6 and even more problematics is that I find myself at a loss for exactly what to search for. Lots of promise here, but as it is, it's pretty hard to discover new content. Keep it up!

Re: Show HN: Podcat – Imdb for podcasts

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Post by NoMoreNicksLeft »

Dammit, suckered in by the headline. I need a database with metadata for Plex, but other than the image itself, there's nothing here. No blurb, no genre, nada.

Will say that I thought I had it stumped with one radio program, but I typed in the name and it came up.

Is this thing going to have a rest api or something?

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