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MP3 files can have a range of ID3 tags buried within them providing additional data about the track, such as artist name for example. If you produce your own podcasts, you could embed an array of these descriptive ID3 tags in your podcast files, but which tags should you really be using?  

Whenever you play a podcast on your portable MP3 player or PC, you will invariably see a host of information about the track on the player’s screen. This information typically includes the cover art for the track, the album, artist and track name, its genre and track number.

Such information is stored in the MP3 file itself using ID3 tags. However, in addition to the tag information in the example above, the ID3 tag standard can support over 80  different tags. So, out of this vast array of tags what are the key tags that you should consider using in your podcasts?

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The Internet Monthly is a monthly podcast featuring 20 or so short Internet related articles, tips and tricks and a regular search engine of the month feature.

This month’s podcast celebrates the 100th edition of Zen Internet’s free monthly newsletter, first published in March, 2001, when the top story was "the latest news about ADSL – affordable high-speed Internet connectivity that’s up to forty times faster than the fastest dial-up modem".

This month, a selection of stories from the Zen Monthly archive have been picked from the newsletter’s eight year history.

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