Blogger is not our first choice for weblog-based podcasting. Movable Type and Wordpress are better solutions for many podcasters, because they offer better support for podcasting, more power and greater flexibility.

Nevertheless, many podcasters are finding Blogger to be a good starting place to experiment with podcasting. Blogger is a free service, and getting started is as easy as filling out some forms on the web.

Here's a quick guide to building a podcast with Blogger. You should be able to set up a podcast using Blogger and FeedBurner in about the time it takes for all the images on this page to finish loading!

This how-to assumes that you already have created your podcast MP3 files, and have them stored on a web server. Note that some screens may look slightly different as Blogger updates their site.

Go to the Blogger home page (http://www.blogger.com/) and select Create Your Blog Now:

If you haven't signed up for Blogger before, you'll need to do so:

That's the hardest part. If the Terms of Service part wore you out, now is a good time to take a break.

Back already? OK - now it's time to name your podcast.

We called ours Snorkflum, because it sounds stupid and this is a bogus test podcast anyway:

Once you select continue, Blogger automagically creates your blog. First it makes you wait, though:

Don't you love their casual "warning - excitement ahead" sign?

As long as the Blogger servers don't crash, the Internets go down or anything bad like that, you should get a nice confirmation screen:

This is another good time for a break. You just created your podcast blog! How awesome is that?

Now you need to Start Posting...

From the Dashboard page, click the New Post icon:

Add an entry. To add your MP3 file, create a text link, select it with the link tool, and enter the URL for your MP3 file:

When you are done, select Publish Post, and you should get a confirmation page:

Now check out the podcast blog that you've created. Snorkflum is available at http://snorkflum.blogspot.com/: