There used to be a certain validation to a website when it started with ‘www’ dot. There was an inherent legitimacy to a site. That’s changed, as more sites lop off the www at the beginning of their URL. In internet terms, it doesn’t really matter anymore.
But for podcasting, I like the www. It doesn’t mean anything to a URL, but when you say the name of your podcast to your listeners, and you start with ‘www dot’ you are telling them a URL is coming up next. It’s an attention grabber, and while it is clunky to say, and takes more time to say than three little letters and a punctuation mark are supposed to, I think it’s a good thing to do. That time isn’t very useful to you, but it may be very useful to the listener, clicking on an address bar, grabbing a pen, or just setting them up for what they are going to hear.
Amazing how useful three little letters can be when you think about it.
Brockl 2:30 pm on July 27, 2010 Permalink |
I think this is a pretty valid point if only a brief one most people might overlook. it is a good audible queue to let potential listeners know your addy is coming up, much better than traditional radio’s call letters in my opinion (the more W’s the merrier in my opinion). I take your idea to the extreme for extra effectiveness by prefacing my eventual show’s web address with “hypertext transfer protocol colon slash slash w….w…..w”. Being a sardonic there, but your way makes sense.
I’m still acquiring equipment at this point so I have only been telling friends to take a look at the content I have up so far. What I’m looking forward to next is to slap a “www” then my logo/address onto my own bumper and seeing if I get any traffic from it. I’m surprised that I never see any guerilla style marketing for podcasts, maybe its just my region. Maybe I’m unique in the fact that if I see a wacky or obscure web address scrawled by hand or something out in “the wild”, I usually end going to it…..and then I’m usually disappointed.
James 1:50 am on July 28, 2010 Permalink |
There was a discussion on the maximumfun.org forums recently about podcasters helping other podcasters, and one of the members talked about handing out CDs of their podcast to people who had come to their live comedy show. It’s a good idea. Mind you, they are a live comedy troupe, and not just a podcast, so it was easy to tie them together.
I look forward to hearing what gear you get for your podcast. I am ridiculously happy with my ‘studio’, and love almost everything I have. Happy hunting.
theinterrupters 4:38 pm on January 12, 2011 Permalink |
Well said. I love putting the www. in front of my podcasts name. http://www.weinterruptthisbroadcast.com sounds great.