SubscribePodlook: The Leading Chinese Podcast Directory
Podlook (菠萝网) was founded and launched its beta test by Jack Gu, who quited his job from Microsoft and start his own business in internet in this October. Podlook is the first Chinese podcast directory site and also the largest one so far, it has listed about 15,000 podcasting channel with over 35,000 podcast clips.
Main features of Podlook include:
- Add, search and subscribe podcasting channels;
- Comment and rating channels;
- Tag channels, tag specific podcasts seems available, but I failed to find out how to do so
- Top and latest channels and podcasts lists
- Share your subscription and favorites with friends
- Export subscription in opml format
- Listen podcasts online or download them;
- Sync your favorite podcasts with your ipod or other mp3 players automatically, using iPodder or Podlook’s own sync software;
- Ajax is used for better user experience, such as in channel subscripion and tag
- Open API
- Share subscription in users’ blogs using javascript code
Podlook’s top podcasts list is now used by Popcast as an indicator of the most popular podcasts in China. And it has a Chinese podcaster map powered by VirtualEarth.
Usability design of Podlook is fairly good, though the website design need further improvement in my opinion. I’m sure every users will be familiar with its function in a short time. And its open api will enable more mashup, like podcaster map, to enrich its function.
Update: Podlook only focus on audio podcasts so far, so all videocast will not be collected.
Related links:
Jack’s Blog
igooi (a social bookmarking project by Jack before he started Podlook)
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Thanks for the recommendation.
Your summary of the main features are even better then us.
Also agree with this one: “Usability design of Podlook is fairly good, though the website design need further improvement in my opinion.”
Podlook are improving everyday…
[...] Podcast Map: Podlook, the largest podcast directory website in China has set up a map of Chinese podcaster using the great tools of Google Maps API. If you are a podcaster, please sign up for a membership in the website and then you can submit your location so that everybody can see where you are. Also a contest named The Best Chinese Podcast in 2005 is under way. They will begin voting in December. [...]
[...] A contest named “Best Chinese Podcaster 2005(最佳中文播客评选)” is under way. The contest is sponsored by Podlook (profile), Toodou(brief profile), SeeHaHa, Imboke and Vvlogger. Except Podlook, the other four sponsors mainly provide podcasts hosting service. [...]
[...] Podlook (profile), podcasts directory in China, introduced more social networking feature. Now you can find out any Podlook user’s subscription, tag cloud and favorites, add him as your contacts, and send messages between each other. I think Flickr has set up the standard for the social networking site, many followers take Flickr as key reference, so does Podlook. Maybe next time, group discussion will also be added in Podlook. [...]
hi,
my dad just got himself an mp3 player and would like to listen to chinese classics such as Journey To The West while travelling in the bus or train. Would appreciate it if you could direct me to a free podcast site which will allow me to download the classics to his mp3 player?
many thanks in advance
regards
sj
Hi, sj, I’m not sure whether this site would provide any help. http://5ips.net/, I don’t know whether they have mp3 format for download.
[...] Tangos Jack of Podlook (profile), the largest podcasting directory in China, has just finished a data analysis report based on podcasting data in last 3 months in Podlook.com. Though adata analysis may not reflect the exact whole picture of Chinese podosphere, and the development of Podlook’s platform itself in this three months also influences its findings and conclusion,report and data is still very useful and important for us to understand Chinesepodosphere. [...]
[...] There are totally about 30 sites in the list,including 4 sites from Taiwan, though the list is not yet completed. Most of them are podcasting hosting service providers, some are blog hosting providers with podcasting service, and a few podcasting aggregators and a directory service. [...]
[...] Jack Gu: ppDai CEO. Prior to ppDai, Jack was the founder of Podlook.com, largest Chinese Podcast directory, one of the top web apps in China (profile). Prior to starting his own business, Jack has 5+ years technology practice in Microsoft as Tech Leader. Jack got the bachelor degree of electronic engineering in Shanghai JiaoTong University. [...]
[...] Jack Gu of PodLook (profile) released his third statistics on the development of Chinese podcast. You can find previous report here and here. [...]
tq ur article is very professional