Did you know that 'lyrics' is
the most searched term on Google in the
last five years? Lyrics! Of all things! Not porn, not news, not even games -- but
lyrics. And Google, de facto masters of search, know that there's more to search than merely quality or quantity or veracity -- it's about getting the results, when you want them -- i.e.
right now. They call it
'time to result': How long does it take to find what you're looking for? If you search for 'Journey', there's a fairly good chance that you're looking for a Journey video or lyrics, and not a journey-planning site -- and that's what their
latest search feature brings you.
You don't even need to know the song title -- if Google can match your lyric fragment against a song, it'll pop up at the top of your search results. Neat.
Google might've been developing this one for some time, but instead of implementing their own library of music and needlessly repeating a vast wealth of data already out there on the Internet, Google have partnered with
Pandora,
imeem and
Rhapsody to give you direct links to the songs and artists you're searching for. Rejoice! No longer are we limited to shoddy-quality live videos on
YouTube! But how long will it be before Google sets its sights on the music equivalent of YouTube? Lee
called this one a yawner -- but I think this might be the best of Google's newly-released features.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
enoyhs said 9:28AM on 10-29-2009
Strange...
This isn't working for me. Maybe they made it available only in USA? Or do I need to activate this feature somewhere?
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HUPextreme said 8:13AM on 10-29-2009
Yep, aint working for me too. Ah well probably just for the USA for now.
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Sebastian Anthony said 8:46AM on 10-29-2009
Yep, it's a another gradual roll-out. I wonder if it's US-only too, for licensing reasons... I hope not :)
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JR said 9:04AM on 10-29-2009
I'm in the US and it's not working for me.
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Money Mike said 11:06AM on 10-29-2009
I'm in the US and it's also not working for me. I have to say I'm surprised the first three posters aren't in the US. I didn't realize this blog had a foreign following.
Anything innovative related to music surprises me, though, since I doubt the RIAA mafia likes this one bit. Of course we know this could only help the music industry by promoting music, but they never seem to see it that way because of their short-sightedness. They think they should be paid something every time someone thinks about music.
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Sebastian Anthony said 11:16AM on 10-29-2009
I think we're about 50/50, US/non-US -- obviously that still means the largest demographic are Americans by some way... but still plenty of non-US that can pipe up at any given moment...!
I hope the RIAA are soon turning in their grave. Wait, are they not dead yet? They oughta be, damnit.