The Buzz Log What’s hot on Yahoo! Buzz™ (and why)...

For all the buzzing in the online community about podcasts and podcasting, you'd think the format had cracked open mass consciousness and was sweeping the nation with its shiny Web newness. But in checking the Buzz, we found that podcasts haven't yet made the mainstream. Stuck somewhere in our top 6,000 searches, it's safe to say podcasting has not reached the critical mass of IM (or even photo-tagging) -- yet.

Could there be a perception that podcasting is more of a dude type of endeavor? We know plenty of women out there podcast, but nearly 80% of searches on podcasts are from guys. If you're still scratching your head and asking "what is a podcast," you're not alone -- that query ranks among the top 20 podcast searches. For the rest of the top podcast buzz, we turn to our humble list...