There goes Odeo.

Well, not really, but Yahoo! did launch a podcast directory and media program to subscribe and download your favorite podshows . I really, really like this directory that Yahoo! has thrown at us. Honestly, I use to think Yahoo! had crappy services, but they've been turning around lately. You know, putting my old foot into my mouth. Like Odeo, once you submit a podcast show you can, "tag," it by associating certain keywords to a show that make it easy to search and find what they are looking for. For instance, I tagged nerdcast with a lot of keywords, the word technology being one of them, and if one were to search for shows tagged with the word TECHNOLOGY, nerdcast will pop up somewhere in that results page. I bet it's lost in the vastness of Yahoo! The great thing about the Yahoo! service is you don't have to download the Yahoo! Music Engine to subscribe and download podshows. I mean, if you want to you can, or you can use iTunes. This shocked me for a bit. Once you hit the SUBSCRIBE button for a show, you will download a little file that contains information about that podshow. You can open this file in Yahoo! Music Engine or iTunes 5.0. I think it's a good move on Yahoo!'s part because it does not require the user to download yet another program to subscribe to podshows. Do I smell a konfabulator widget that will tie into this service?