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Official Google Blog: Making search more musical
Official Google Blog: Making search more musical
Every day we get millions of search queries about music. You want to know more about your favorite artists, find that new album or iconic song or figure out the name of that tune stuck in your head. In fact, according to Insights for Search, two of the top 10 queries in the U.S. are ...
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youtube.com — Our new music search feature makes it easy to find music. Just search for an artist, album,... song or even a few lyrics to get song previews from our partners. (more) Google Music Search Feature (video)
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Google Onebox Music Search Turns Search Pages Into Personal Radios [Google]
Gizmodo — ... Basically, as you can see in the picture, you will see play buttons alongside different songs when you get search results, and then you will have the chance to check out the band on other services/sites, including Pandora, iMeem, Lala, iLike and others. MySpace (iLike) and Lala are actually integrated partners who manage the rights part of this full-song playback business. We're watching the podcast, but Google just popped this YouTube video showing how it all works. [Google] ...

Google Music Search Turns Your Results Pages Into Personal Radios [Google]
Gizmodo — ... In essence, Google isn't playing the music at all. It's up to MySpace and Lala to manage the rights of the full-song playback business, and to serve up the content. For more info, check out the YouTube video or Google blog. They say they'll be rolling it out to US Google users over the next day, so be on the lookout. [Google] ...

Google Debuts Music Search
SolSie.com — ... . Users also get links to purchase the full song. Another cool feature is you can enter few line of lyrics in the search arguments box, Google will return the song that contains those words.  Goggle is rolling this feature out gradually to users across the U.S. over the next day.. [Source Google ] [image] Leave a comment Name (required) E-mail (required) URI Your Comment Notify me of followup comments via e-mail

Google Music Search Officially Launched
Technology Bites — ... That tune you heard in a restaurant recently is catchy and you really want to listen to it, but you just can’t figure out the name of the song. To help you solve this with a single click,  Google has announced a new search feature today to ‘make search more musical‘. ...

Don't stop believing. ANOTHER Google search enhancement -- music this time!
Download Squad — ... 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. ...

Google Music Search Goes Live
I4U News — ... links to their sites where you can discover music related to your queries as well. Additionally you can also search with parts of the lyrics to find the corresponding song. Overall this sounds like a nice feature, on the other hand where is the direct option to buy songs? After you have found the song you need to go to iTunes or other shops to get it. Google Music search is rolled out gradually to users across the U.S. today. See the video below for a demonstration. Via the Google Blog . Posted on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr ...

Google Music Search is here! Sort of.
Inspect-a-Gadget — ... The Official Google Blog has announced Google Music Search, in a clear attempt to grab some of the online audio pie that iTunes and Spotify are so gleefully scoffing.  Early, snarky rumours about the service linked Google with iLike - Facebook's default music application. With only a handful of tracks available from each artist in its vast catalogue of commercial and unsigned bands, the iLike service has always seemed more like a promotional app than a useful music finding tool - and the prevailing commentary reflected that. ...

Google Music Search goes live
T3.com News — ... and Lala, with further links to music on other related sites like Pandora, iMeem and Rhapsody. Obviously those are US-only services and it looks like that old chestnut, copyright, is why it's in the US and not in the UK right now. Google makes no mention of anything but a rollout over the US, so we wouldn't advise you hold you breath. But look on the bright side - at least we still have Spotify, which is something the US can't access right now. Link: Google (via Gizmodo)  

Google Music Search goes live
T3.com All — ... the scheme, specifically MySpace and Lala, with further links to music on other related sites like Pandora, iMeem and Rhapsody. Obviously those are US-only services and it looks like that old chestnut, copyright, is why it's in the US and not in the UK right now. Google makes no mention of anything but a rollout over the US, so we wouldn't advise you hold you breath. But look on the bright side - at least we still have Spotify, which is something the US can't access right now. Link: Google (via ...

Google Discover Music search launches: previews & MP3 downloads [Video]
SlashGear — ... has panned out into an new search function with integrated playback.  Thanks to a deal with MySpace (who have acquired media playback firm iLike) and Lala, searches for songs, artists or albums will also produce links to audio previews and places you can actually buy the track.  Meanwhile partnerships with Pandora, Rhapsody and imeem will offer suggestions of similar artists and music. ...

Google Music Search
Geeky Gadgets — ... there. We call this “time to result” — and we’re always looking for ways to reduce it. If you have recently heard a song on the radio, and can remember part of the lyrics, but can’t remember the name, you will be able to type the lyrics into Google, and they will find the song, which you will be able to preview, check out the video below, which explains how it works. Google Blog This is a post from Geeky Gadgets, who bring you the latest cool ...

Google updates Music Search OneBox – Yahoo! enhances Music Search
D' Technology Weblog — Google is rolling out update to their music search OneBox, that enable you to search and more easily discover songs, all via a simple Google web search. Now, when you enter a music-related query like the name of a song, artist or album, search results’ll include links to an audio preview of those songs provided by iLike, Lala. Google also links to other music sites: Pandora, Rhapsody and imeem. When you click search result you'll be able to listen to an audio preview of ...

Google OneBox: Music search service released
PR News: — ... the service works by users typing in a song, lyric or title and the service will bring you to a results page with more accurate song information for your chosen topic. Some of the companies already signed up with Google to deliver OneBox to users is Myspace, Lala, Pandora, imeem and Rhapsody. At the moment, the service is restricted to U.S customers, but you can expect this to change if it turns out to be a success. More information can be found on the official Google blog here. SHARE | Leave a comment | Share a problem | Get Our ...

5Words: Can’t Stop the Google Music
Technologizer — ... Google search launches music feature. Once again, Google-FCC correspondence. Google navigation for iPhone, maybe. Netflix coming to the Wii? Windows 7 as Wi-Fi router. Apple Stores to dump Windows. Color e-ink in the works. Sneak peak at iPhone Lala. Surprisingly sensible dual-screen laptop. Windows 7-XP battery tests. ________________________ Like 5Words? Subscribe via RSS.       ...

Google Search Now Displays Audio Tracks For Song Queries
GeekSugar — ... And now that Google has teamed up with companies like imeem, Pandora, Lala, Sony Music, EMI, and WB, they are now able to deliver a new music search feature that makes it easy to discover music and listen to the track from one of these partner companies. ...

Google Music May Not Exactly Be The iTunes Or Bing Killer It’s Been Touted To Be
Coated — ... Google Music to be the iTunes or Bing Killer. Sorry, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Most people who use Google to look for music are those who don’t use iTunes in the first place. It seems Google’s only playing in the field it’s best at, and that’s search. As of this writing, Google Music is only available over the U.S., but it’s very likely the feature will be rolled out to the other parts of the world in the near future. Read Google Music Service On The Way ...

Is Google Dinging Music Search Results With Promo Songs?
GigaOM — ... Beginning tonight, Google’s new enhanced music search results will feature promotional songs from record labels, opening the door for Google to treat music search as a paid-content opportunity rather than just the shortest path to a song. Partner site Lala.com ...

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