Podcast App · B2C · podcast player app
Name your app after what people search for: 'The Podcast App'
Cohost calls it the perfect search name; no numbers given
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What they did
When launching the Android prototype on Google Play from inside Streema, a team member proposed 'The Podcast App', reasoning that something straightforward would help with search. The name stuck and became the company name.
What happened
No measured effect given; Jacob praises it as the ideal search-friendly name.
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