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Podcast discovery is already a hard task.
Companies like Spotify are investing a lot of money in improving recommendation.
But it’s almost impossible to find a particular episode based on your specific interest.
Now, Google’s trying to solve this problem with its mighty search engine.
Starting today, you can search for a particular term, and Google will return podcasts episodes based on it.
Google wants to make it easier for people to find podcasts with its search engine.
The company said on Thursday that it'll list episodes in search results that people can listen to directly from the page.
If you search for, say, "Golden State Warriors" podcast, you'll see a few appear.
Google's software will also be able to understand what topics are discussed during episodes of podcasts, not just the broad subject of a podcast series, the company said.
The update comes as podcasts continue to grow in popularity.
Google says there are more than 2 million podcasts on the web.
