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Podlinez NOMINATED FOR BEST MOBILE MARKETPLACE & SERVICES FOR THE 12th ANNUAL WEBBY AWARDS
Podlinez.com on the Shortlist for “Oscars of the Internet”
Kingwood, Texas – 04/10/ 08 - The 12th Annual Webby Awards, today nominated Podlinez.com for the Best Mobile Marketplace & Services of 2008. The site is produced by Bandtones LLC of Kingwood Texas whose other online services include Phonecasting.com and Songnumbers.com.
Winners will be announced on May 6, 2008 and honored at a star-studded gala in New York City on June 10th.
Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet” by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile Websites. The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-person judging academy whose members include Internet co-inventor Vinton Cerf, R/GA’s Chief Bob Greenberg, "Simpson's" creator Matt Groening, Arianna Huffington, and Harvey Weinstein.
"The Webby Awards honors the outstanding Websites that are setting the standards for the Internet," said David-Michel Davies, executive director of The Webby Awards. Podlinez’s Webby Award nomination is a testament to the skill, ingenuity, and vision of its creators."
Podlinez.com CEO Michael Sharp states that the nomination is the highest validation our new startup company has ever received. The Podlinez.com team is absolutely thrilled that the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences has nominated Podlinez for this award. I’d like to take this opportunity to remind all podlinez fans to help us win the Webby Award that allows you to have a voice Go now and cast your vote for podlinez.com http://peoplesvoice.webbyawards.com/
From now through May 1st, online fans around the world can cast their own votes for podlinez.comin The Webby People’s Voice Awards presented by Nokia at http://pv.webbyawards.com.
The 12th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from over 60 countries and all 50 states.
Founded in 1996, The Webby Awards are known worldwide for its famous five-word speech limit. Past headline-grabbing speechmakers include Al Gore (“Please don’t recount this vote”), Beastie Boys (“Can anyone fix my computer?”), and Prince (“Everything you think is true.”)
About Podlinez Makes Every Phone a Podcast Player Podlinez is a free service that lets you listen to podcasts on your phone. Enter the RSS feed URL for a podcast in the box above to get a phone number you can call to hear it, or browse our directory for a number to try. If your favorite podcast isn't already in our directory, you can add it immediately and it'll be available to call within minutes. Use the * and # keys on your phone to skip forward and back in one minute increments through the recording. Podlinez always keeps the latest version of the podcast on hand.
About The Webby Awards: Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet” by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web sites. Established in 1996, the 12th Annual Webby Awards received a record 9,500 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. The Webby Awards is presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include: Adobe; The Creative Group; .ORG; The Barbarian Group; Level3; Adweek; Fortune; Variety; Wired; IDG: Brightcove; PricewaterhouseCoopers; 2advanced.Net; KobeMail and Museum of the Moving Image.
08.25.2007
We are working hard on podlinez and have made many improvements.
New numbers are now available. We've added another 300 numbers to the system
-Michael Sharp
12.10.06
We've freed up about sixty phone numbers by removing podcasts that have never received a phone call.
11.27.06
We've added a new button you can include on your podcast homepage, linking users to your phone number on Podlinez:
To grab your own button, just enter your podcast feed URL on our homepage. You'll get an HTML snippet to paste into your website and instructions on how to use it.
Why not just display your phone number directly? While we try not to move phone numbers around, there are a few reasons your Podlinez number might change:
- If no one calls your podcast for 14 days, its phone number will get thrown back into the free pool (email us if you need an exemption).
- If we notice that we have duplicate feeds for your podcast, we'll consolidate them under one number.
- There's always a chance something unforseen could happen with our telco requiring us to change to a different block of phone numbers.
Of course, we'll do everything we can not to move people from the number they've been assigned. If you use the button, however, your listeners are guaranteed to always get a working number.
11.21.06
We've added a new block of phone numbers, so you should again be able to add podcast feeds to the system.
11.18.06
We've freed up some numbers by reassigning some duplicate feeds to a single number. If your Podlinez phone number suddenly stopped working, go look up the feed URL on the homepage to see if this affected you.
11.07.06
Podlinez launches! Enjoy the service and let us know when you find glitches.