Their seems to be some confusion out their and we want to make sure that anyone that is looking for information on the People’s Choice Podcast Awards at www.podcastawards.com has the full story.
Podcast Connect Inc. founder Todd Cochrane envisioned the People’s Choice Podcast Awards and had the PodcastAwards.com website built, Podcast Connect put in place the procedures for the nominations, evaluation of nominees and voting. Podcast Connect staff were responsible for securing the sponsors and putting together the nearly $4000.00 in awards and prizes to the 20 category winners.
We partnered with the folks at the Portable Media and Podcast Expo to participate in a joint ceremony so that we could honor the People’s Choice Podcast Awards Winners and hand out the 20 awards plus cash and prizes.
It should be noted that TNC Media had their own separate independent process in selecting their two podcast award winners. TNC Media honored their two podcast winners during the same joint ceremony. I have seen several press releases that give TNC media credit for the “People’s Choice Podcast Awards” that was sponsored by Podcast Connect. So we wanted to clarify that although the awards ceremony was held jointly TNC Media and Podcast Connect had two independent awards process’s
We would not have been able to honor our podcast winners the way we did without the help of TNC Media and are grateful for them allowing us the opportunity to work with them.
Podcast Connect Inc is the owner and administrator of the People’s Choice Podcast Awards and we look forward to working with TNC Media for the 2006 event. We have invested literally thousands of dollars into podcastawards.com which is a one of a kind unique voting engine that took over 3 months to design test and implement.
Staff
Podcast Connect Inc.
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We have been really busy getting ready for the Podcast Awards ceremony at Podcast Expo. Trophies are due to be finished next week, the grand prize awards have been ordered. The ceremony program is in it’s final design phase, that will be going to the printer next week. We have some big banners to be order at Kinkos this Saturday and a couple of the guys from techpodcasts.com will be photographing the event.
We need someone to video tape the event, looking for a podcaster of video caster volunteer.
We are pretty excited about November as thier are several major initiatives that are underway. My partners and I formed a new company to manage the Podcaster News Network and that site after months of work is set to launch very soon and I am really excited about that. The list does not stop there, we are looking for a marketing manager and content manager to join the team at RawVoice.
The gang is working hard at over at TechPodcasts.com in getting ready to move forward with phase two of that site, and I have some things up my sleeve that I have been working on here at Podcast Connect. We continue to look for podcasters that want to be involved with a new initaitive.
I plan on having a bag of swag when I show up at the Podcast Expo so if you come talk to me I will be sure to have something for ya to take home. We are working very hard to make sure we have a live stream of the Podcast Awards Ceremony, should be a lot of fun for all! Their is nothing like boot strapping a business though lots of fun, but exhausting to say the least.

Congratulations to the 2005 People’s Choice Podcast Awards Winners.
Platinum Sponsor StreetIQ by FinancialContent
Gold Sponsors Podcast Expo, Wiley Publishing,
Double Gold Sponsor KYOURadio
2005 Winners
Peoples Choice: This Week In Tech
Best Produced: Daily Source Code
Business: Media Artist Secrets Podcast
Comedy: Distorted View Daily
Cultural / Political: Free Talk Live
Education: Tips from the top floor
Food and Drink: Good Beer Show
General: illinoise!
Gaming: Orange Lounge Radio – To Go
Health / Fitness: MARINA’s Walking & Aerobics Podcast
Mature: Dawn And Drew Show
Movies / Films: TheForce.net
Music / Radio: Coverville
Non English: Annik Rubens: Schlaflos in Munchen
Religion / Inspiration: Catholic Insider
Sound Seeing: The Richard Vobes Radio Show
Sports: 1954 and Counting
Technology: This Week In Tech
Top Rated: Slice of SciFi
World News: Kathleen Keating
Some amazng statistics from this inaugural Event total unique page loads at PodcastAwards.com 3.7 Million
Total Valid Votes Placed: 387,761
34,807 attempts at cheating votes
10,674 Unverified votes
All results are final, Podcast Connect Inc

I have been watching the voting every day and I can tell you that a few sites are really coming on strong and what I expected to be a slam dunk in a couple of categories is shaping up to be a race to the finish line.
I want to congratulate Coverville for driving the most traffic to the site over the past 10 days. Incredible number of hits from his site. Their were over 20 other sites that were within 2000 hits each.
Good luck to all 6 days left! www.podcastawards.com

I am simply amazed that a show that I listen to from time to time would be so bold as to think their was a conspiracy to keep them from being on the candidate slate. I find the e-mail exchange I had to be very arogant which shows me how little respect some of the bigger sites have for podcasters out their building their fan base. We laid out the contest process very clearly, and only one person has disputed how we organized the event. I will say that we have learned some things, and will make some changes next year but for being a initial event we can’t be expected to be perfect.
I will say this the slate of shows was put together largely from the nominations, some shows missed the cut because of some of the rules criteria. There were no ties luckily, and some shows that I consider to be pretty popular simply did not end up with very many nominations.
We did our best to advertise, and announce the contest in various forums and ran a significant number of paid ads on podcast specific websites. I feel we got the word did get out as the nomination, post nomination and now voting traffic is at the expected level, with the site seeing close to 500,000 unique hits in the past 4 days. This is on mark with what I expected, and the website bandwidth is holding it’s own. The number of votes is staggering and the vote spread across most of categories is very narrow within 3-5%
Todd..

Well I am very happy and we are learning a lot about the process surrounding people voting, and the verification process. Probably make some changes next year but we are going to roll with what we have now. The site is seeing about 120,000 front page loads a day. The shows that have been nominated are really getting out the vote.
The script writers have been busy also but so far the voting engine is doing what it is supposed to do. I have even received some probing questions which the developer has found useful in defending the integrity of the voting. Regardless everything has been logged.
I cannot even count the number of hours Podcast Connect and, One Technologies has put in to make sure that we have a viable awards site for future years. [The People’s Choice Podcast Awards]
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The Podcast Awards site is open for Voting
The server was just about brought to it’s upon turning on the slate. We did detect within 15 minutes a group trying to cheat but those tries were going straight to the trashcan. We tested quite heavily but I have the team watching the server and the log files to make sure that if a bug pops up we squash it right away. In the first hour we did have one issue that we fixed and thus far the voting is off to a good start.
Vote every day for your Favorite Podcast at www.podcastawards.com
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The following is the slate of sites that will go live for voting tonight at the www.podcastawards.com website. Their were quite literally thousands upon thousands of submissions. Congratulations to the slate of Podcast and we look forward to a very wild two weeks of voting.
People Choice Podcast of the Year
Catholic Insider
http://feeds.feedburner.com/catholicinsider
http://www.catholicinsider.com
MacCast
http://feeds.feedburner.com/maccast
http://www.maccast.com/
Slice of SciFi
http://sliceofscifi.com/podcast.xml
http://www.sliceofscifi.com
The Dawn and Drew Show
http://dawnanddrew.podshow.com/wp-rss2.php
http://www.dawnanddrew.com/
This Week In Tech
http://feeds.feedburner.com/twit
http://thisweekintech.com
People Choice Best Produced
Daily Source Code
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/dailySourceCode/rss.xml
http://www.dailysourcecode.com
Digital Flotsam Email
http://digitalflotsam.org/rss.xml
http://digitalflotsam.org/
Inside Mac Radio
http://www.osxfaq.com/rss/radio.xml
http://www.osxfaq.com/radio/
Fake Science Lab Report
http://fakescience.libsyn.com/rss
http://www.fakescience.com/labreport.htm
The Richard Vobes Radio show
http://feeds.feedburner.com/RichardVobesRadioShow
http://www.vobes.com
Business
In Business
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/radio4/inbusiness/rss.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/inbusiness/index.shtml
For Immediate Release
http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz
http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz
Media Artist Secrets Podcast
http://www.fmstudio.com/podcasts/rss2.xml
http://www.mediaartist.com/
SmallBizPod
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Smallbizpod-TheSmallBusinessPodcast
http://www.smallbizpod.co.uk/
The Cubicle Escape Pod
http://feeds.feedburner.com/cubicleescape
http://www.cubicleescape.com/
Comedy
Area 51
http://bonsaidigital.com/area51/area51podcastfeed.xml
http://area51show.com/
Distorted View Daily
http://www.distortedview.com/show/index.xml
http://distortedview.com/show
Simulacrum
http://www.listentothestars.co.uk/simulacrum_podcast.xml
http://www.listentothestars.co.uk
The Radio Adventures Of Dr. Floyd
http://www.doctorfloyd.com/blog/rss.xml
http://www.doctorfloyd.com/
The Whip Report
http://www.thewhipreport.com/index.xml
http://www.thewhipreport.com/
Cultural / Political
blogTo Podcast
http://www.blogto.com/podcasts/index.xml
http://www.blogto.com
Free Talk Live
http://freetalklive.com/files/dircaster.php
http://freetalklive.com
Israelisms Podcast
http://www.israelisms.com/rss
http://www.israelisms.com
The Overnightscape
http://TheOvernightscape.com/rss.xml
http://theovernightscape.com
Yeast Radio
http://feeds.feedburner.com/yeastradio
http://yeastradio.com/
Education
Allegheny College Podcast
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Allegheny
http://webtools.allegheny.edu/podcast
Connect Learning Email
http://davidwarlick.com/podcasts/syndicate.php
http://davidwarlick.com/connectlearning/
Matt’s guitar lick of the week
www.learntoplayrockguitar.com/mattsguitarlickoftheweek.rss
http://www.learntoplayrockguitar.com
Teach42
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Teachfourtwo

Home

Tips from the top floor
http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/wp-rss2.php
http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/
Food and Drink
Eat Feed
http://www.eatfeed.com/eatfeed.xml
http://www.eatfeed.com/
Good Beer Show!
http://goodbeershow.com/wp-rss2.php
http://goodbeershow.com/
Grape Radio
http://graperadio.com/wp-rss2.php
http://graperadio.com
Podchef
http://syndication.motime.com/podchef/rss2.xml
http://podchef.motime.com/
Wine Cast
http://winecast.net/wp-rss2.php
http://winecast.net/
Gaming
DreamStation
http://www.dreamstation.cc/podcast/dreamstationcc_podcast.xml
http://www.dreamstation.cc/
Gamer’s Radiocast
http://www.yankidank.com/episodes/combo.xml
http://www.gamersradiocast.com/
Gaming Steve Podcast
http://www.gamingsteve.com/index.xml
http://gamingsteve.com/
Orange Lounge Radio – To Go
http://www.orangeloungeradio.com/phpnuke/podcast.rss
http://www.orangeloungeradio.com
RPGMP3 World’s Largest Dungeon Audio Review
http://www.rpgmp3.com/downloads/data/wld/rss.xml
http://www.rpgmp3.com
General
Bizzycast
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bizzycast
http://www.barefeetstudios.com
Exit50.com
http://www.exit50.com
http://www.exit50.com/?p=29
illinoise!
http://feeds.feedburner.com/illinoise
http://www.illinoise.net
Mondays – What Sunday Threw Up
http://mondays.pwop.com/

Radio GoDaddy podcast
http://radiogodaddy.com/feed
http://www.radiogodaddy.com
Health and Fitness
Arthritis Central Podcast
http://feeds.feedburner.com/arthritiscentral
http://www.arthritiscentral.com/
DrRubin Podcast
http://www.drrubin.com/rss.xml
http://www.drrubin.com/
MARINA’s Walking & Aerobics Workout Podcast
http://www.marinaspodcast.com/walking.xml
http://www.marinaspodcast.com/highnrg_podcasts/
HerbalEd.org
http://feeds.feedburner.com/herbaled
http://www.herbaled.org
Intraspectus Psychotherapy Podcast
http://www.intraspectus.com/learn/audio/podcast.xml
http://intraspectus.com/learn/audio/
Mature
Dawn And Drew Show
http://dawnanddrew.podshow.com/wp-rss2.php
http://dawnanddrew.com/
Keith and the Girl
http://shitecom.libsyn.com/rss
http://www.shite.com
MXL
http://feeds.feedburner.com/MxlPodcast
http://www.mxlpodcast.blogspot.com
Soccergirl Incorporated
http://soccergirlincorporated.com/SGINC.xml

หน้าแรก

The Viking Youth Power Hour
http://www.thefeedlot.org/feeds/vikingyouth/feed.xml
http://www.thefeedlot.org/vikingyouth/index.php
Movies / Films
(Cool) Shite on the Tube
http://www.coolshite.net/wp-rss2.php?category_name=podcasts
http://www.coolshite.net
Cinecast
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Cinecast
http://cinecastshow.com/
DVDWeekly
http://www.dvdweeklypodcast.com/podcasts/dvdweekly.xml

Home

Reel Reviews Radio
http://reelreviewsradio.com/podcast.xml
http://reelreviewsradio.com/index.php
TheForce.net
http://feeds.feedburner.com/tfn
http://www.theforce.net
Music / Radio
Coverville
http://www.coverville.com/index.xml
http://www.coverville.com/
Insomnia Radio
http://insomniaradio.net/rss
http://insomniaradio.net
PODMEGO
http://podmego.libsyn.com/rss
http://www.podmego.com
Tartanpodcast
http://tartanpodcast.libsyn.com/rss
http://tartanpodcast.libsyn.com/
Tracks Up the Tree
http://tracks.upthetree.com/index.xml
http://www.upthetree.com
Non English
Annik Rubens: Schlaflos in München
http://annik_rubens.podspot.de/rss
http://annikrubens.de/
chilepodcast
http://chilepodcast.libsyn.com/rss
http://chilepodcast.libsyn.com
Le podcasteur
http://feeds.feedburner.com/BertrandLenotreMultiPodcasting
http://www.podcasteur.com
RedPlaneta Radio
http://blogs.planetachat.com/xmlsrv/rss2.php?blog=6
http://redplaneta.com
Tellerrand – where marketeers meet brainiacs
http://tellerrand.podhost.de/rss
http://www.markendreiklang.de
Religion / Inspiration
A New Beginning with Greg Laurie
http://harvest.org/podcast/anb
http://www.harvest.org
Catholic Insider
http://feeds.feedburner.com/catholicinsider
http://www.catholicinsider.com
LifeSpring! Podcast
http://lifespringonline.com/rss.xml
http://lifespringonline.com/podcast
RevTim Podcast
http://feeds.feedburner.com/RevtimPodcast
http://www.podshownotes.com
Vatican Radio
http://feeds.feedburner.com/vaticanradio105live
http://www.105live.vaticanradio.org/
SoundSeeing
Audio Collective
http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheAudioCollective
http://www.audiocollective.net
Herro Flom Japan
http://feeds.feedburner.com/herroflomjapan
http://www.herroflomjapan.com
Notes From Spain
http://notesfromspain.libsyn.com/rss
http://www.notesfromspain.com/
Sound Seeing Tours
http://soundseeingtours.podshow.com/
http://soundseeingtours.podshow.com/?feed=rss2
The Richard Vobes Radio Show
http://feeds.feedburner.com/RichardVobesRadioShow
http://www.vobes.com/
Sports
1954 and Counting
http://feeds.feedburner.com/giants
http://giants.mysportsradio.com/
Cubcast
http://cubscast.com/podcasts/index.xml
http://cubscast.com/
FormulaPod
http://www.formulapod.com/feed.xml
http://www.formulapod.com/
Raider Podcast
http://feeds.feedburner.com/RaiderNationPodcast
Raidernationpodcast.com
TheSportsGeeks.com
http://feeds.feedburner.com/thesportsgeeks

Home

Technology
DotNet Rocks!
http://www.dotnetrocks.com/DotNetRocks_FullMP3.xml
http://www.dotnetrocks.com/
IT Conversations
http://www.itconversations.com/rss/recentWithEnclosures.php
http://www.itconversations.com/index.html
Slashdot Review
http://slashdotreview.com/wp-rss2.php
http://slashdotreview.com/
The Maccast
http://feeds.feedburner.com/maccast
http://www.maccast.com/
This Week In Tech
http://feeds.feedburner.com/twit
http://thisweekintech.com/
Top Rated
Dave’s iPAQ Podcast
http://www.davesipaq.com/podcast.xml
http://www.davesipaq.com
Daily Source Code
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/dailySourceCode/rss.xml
http://dailysourcecode.com
Podcast 411
http://feeds.feedburner.com/podcast411a
http://www.podcast411.com/
Slice of SciFi
http://sliceofscifi.com/
http://feeds.feedburner.com/sliceofscifi
The Bitterest Pill
http://www.danklass.com/pill/pill.xml
http://www.thebitterestpill.com/
World News
Brian Lehrer Show
http://www.wnyc.org/rss/show.py?show=bl
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl
From Our Correspondent
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/radio4/fromourowncorrespondent/rss.xml
http://www.bbc.co.uk
kathleen keating
http://feeds.feedburner.com/EnigmaRadioNetworksPodcast
http://www.kathleenkeating.com
The Marty Roberts Show
http://www.israelnewsradio.net/support-files/podcast.xml
http://www.israelnewsradio.net/
WGBH Morning Stories
http://streams.wgbh.org/podcast/morningstories.xml
http://www.wgbh.org/article?item_id=2020890

The 2005 People’s Choice Podcast Awards website is seeing amazing amount of traffic. Everyone has been playing nice thus far minus a couple of shows that had to be disqualified for cheating. We have some verifications out on other nominations that have not come back which has raised our eyebrows on a couple of others, more on that later.
So far the site has seen approx 800,000 unique hits, and a high number of nominations. Podcasters are mobilizing their listeners. We will be giving out the first of three awards for sites driving the most traffic to the site in a few days. Make sure you get over, and nominate your favorite show, polls close at the end of the month. [www.podcastawards.com]
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Nominations are open for the www.podcastawards.com People’s Choice Podcast Awards. A lot of work has been put forth to get the site ready and foot work by Chantal to try and secure sponsors. Their are still sponsor spots available. Contact [email protected] for info.
Please support all of the sponsors and visit the sites of those that have donated towards the contest success. This is a 100% non profit event for Podcast Connect Inc., and we will be using all raised funds for prizes and assisting in the awards ceremony at Podcast Expo in November.
Nominate all of your favorite shows as nominations are open for the next two weeks. [www.podcastawards.com]