Google

The "Google Podcasts creator program" hopes to help "remove barriers to podcasting, increase the diversity of voices in the industry, and to make sure content is available for all audiences."

And I'd pay some attention to this.

Does Google's core expertise — as a search engine that powerfully indexes of the world's information — gives it a clear and solid edge in addressing podcasts?

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