If you have been using the iTunes podcast list as a way of ranking which podcast are the most popular, then you have been misled. While prepping a segment for command (Amber Mac's and my Vidcast), I had to click on the subscribe button of our podcast sometimes. I noticed that shortly after I had done, so our rank on the iTunes Canada music store had gone up.
That got me thinking. I had Frank from Techphile.ca test out my theory. Sure enough, he reported the same results. Amber and I also subscribed sometimes, which quickly moved to command up in the ranks on the iTunes Canada store.
It looks like iTunes doesn't record how many people are subscribed to a podcast but rather how many times the button is pressed.
This makes the iTunes ranking as irrelevant as a list because just about anyone can change the results in iTunes by just clicking on the subscribe button 20 or 50 or 100 times.
This was tested in the iTunes Canada store but conceivably should work in all of the iTunes stores.
Finding cool WebPages on the web is often like looking My Furl Feed Thumbnail for a needle in a haystack(well not really). Some day’s I come across 10 and some I find none. But a neat way to keep track and share with others is using a service call furl.net
Amber initially turned me on to furl a few months ago, and I have been using it as a way to get access to my bookmarked web pages no matter what machine I am on. I have been known to use up to 8 different devices in a single day so it would be impossible for me to move my bookmarks from one computer to another to another to another to….. You get the idea.
Here is a link to My Furl Feed Feed-Icon16X16 right click on the icon Copy Link Location to add to your RSS Reader. If you use furl, please post a link in the comments. I would love to check out what you find interesting.
