Comments on: Audioblogger Joins DeadPool

By: Web 2.0 Bubble - Top 5 Reasons You Know You’re in a Tech Bubble--

Web 2.0 Bubble - Top 5 Reasons You Know You’re in a Tech Bubble-- — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:31:08 +0000

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By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Odeo Bought Back From Investors

Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Odeo Bought Back From Investors — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:11:53 +0000

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By: Reyhan Dhuny

Reyhan Dhuny — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 01:07:07 +0000

I disagree. Twitter is fantastic - id pay for it.

By: Eric Rice

Eric Rice — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 21:55:19 +0000

Audioblogger/Odeo has been a good pseudo-rival over the months, and I’m bummed to see phone recording/posting go, since it’s a wonderful feature for people from all walks of life– people who want to post away from their computers; tv station news teams; people out away from any wifi network; bands backstage and so on.

They were in this space, like us at Audioblog.com/Hipcast, prior to the arrival and wide adoption of podcast technology (read enclosures in RSS), and I respect them for that.

Unfortunately, these systems require infrastructure that costs real money. We’re one of the companies listed as an alternative– noted as having a free trial, since we’re a subscription service– in a sea of freebies and alternatives.

I don’t really want to see all these services/companies implode because of no business models or revenue. Audio and video podcasting is my love and also my industry. Hipcast might not be Web 2.0 (and that’s SO fine by me), but this movement must continue.

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Audioblogger is being shut down at Avinash — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 04:20:59 +0000

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By: Wil Schroter

Wil Schroter — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:07:28 +0000

14 people at it’s peak and it needed a venture round?

By: Michael Mahemoff

Michael Mahemoff — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:43:46 +0000

http://www.softwareas.com/odeo.....er-loyalty

I still don’t get Odeo’s core business … a single feed for all your podcasts? It’s simply not sustainable in the long run, as you watch it grow from 1 podcast to 100 to 1000s, with no practical way to delete it. Forget about marketing, Twittr, humble CEOs. Odeo’s biggest problem is a simple technical glitch. (The fact the glitch remains, however, is indicative of the bigger picture.) I’ve asked Odeo for feedback on this, but no response.

By: Vik

Vik — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:08:33 +0000

I’m planning on taking over this website. I’ve already offered to them $250,000. Waiting for their response.

By: carmen

carmen — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:14:35 +0000

drew: set up an asterisk (there should be nifty GUI installers for osx/win asterisk@home/freepbx/etc) and set it to dump your calls to mp3. sign up for some free DID service. done and done

By: Drew Olanoff

Drew Olanoff — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:13:15 +0000

I still think that calling in podcasts or audioblogs is beyond helpful. I’ve always been a huge fan of Hipcast.com (Formerly Audioblog).

By: Thyaga

Thyaga — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:19:25 +0000

This is sad indeed - i used to use AudioBlogger on and off and found their service to be quite useful.

Any alternatives for these? - i know i can Google it, but if anyone knows of any service close to what AudioBlogger was, it would be useful

By: lemon obrien

lemon obrien — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:58:49 +0000

i don’t think anyone gives a shit about blogging about “audio”

By: Carter Harkins

Carter Harkins — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:16:30 +0000

I understand your point. Numbers CAN mean that there is a good reason to expect an emerging succesful business model, though. I say that, but unless there is a clear method for monetizing a feature at some point, then time and money (or the burn rate) can sink the ship. I guess that’s what happened.

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Audioblogger、DeadPool入り

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Audioblogger、DeadPool入り — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:58:18 +0000

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By: mesattack

mesattack — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:51:43 +0000

Carter, I think that # of users are not a good indication of long-term success. If you cannot make money on the users then it’s more than an irritant - it’s an expense and a loss.

By: Remarkoo

Remarkoo — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:00:10 +0000

Audioblogger Enters DeadPool…

Odeo’s Audioblogger, which allowed users to post audio to a blogger.com blog via a telephone call, is being shut down as of November 1/06 and will be the first entry of the Remarkoo DeadPool.
I guess blogger users will have to find another way to pos…

By: Carter Harkins

Carter Harkins — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:24:26 +0000

Interesting development. I wonder how this will play out with other startups like us that are moving into similar features. Is it because of the costs, or because of a lack of users that Audioblogger is shutting down? I know they are stating time and money as the reasons, but if you have huge numbers of users, then it makes those considerations more of a minor irritant on the path to success of the venture. I’m suspecting that not many people were really using the service. Are there any numbers, Michael?

By: MeTooIamAnonimouz

MeTooIamAnonimouz — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:14:52 +0000

Bandwidth for such services cost too much!

It makes me remember the gold rush: the poor little guys looking for gold got rarely rich (Except a few ones, you know some… diggers.com… )… But the guys equipping them with the needed material made so much money!!

Life s**ks baby!

By: Chubbs

Chubbs — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:04:46 +0000

Twittr is a totally USELESS service. It doesn’t even have a “coolness” factor that extends past 5 minutes.

By: AudioBlogger Bites The Dust

AudioBlogger Bites The Dust — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:00:15 +0000

[...] Some believe AudioBlogger’s demise isn’t Odeo’s death knoll, but the writing is on the wall. The podcasting business model that Odeo employs is a lot like their AudioBlogger service - there is no business model behind it. Where’s the money? Fortunately for Odeo, they still have time to change things, and there just might be a way to come back as a raging success. [...]

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:46:12 +0000

They should put it on ebay Isn’t that the thing to do these days?

By: isibingo

isibingo — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:36:55 +0000

I strongly agree that Web 2.0 ventures are very costly to run as bendwidth, staff and servers come at a price.

By: Narendra

Narendra — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:53:26 +0000

I disagree on twitter. I think that it is has a brighter future than the audio tools and such…