Google’s Music Trend
Google has a new project in Google Labs called Google Music Trend. Google Music Trend presents music that is popular among Google Talk client users. The top 20 list is a “snap shot” of the music being played by users around the world. The way it works is that the user opts in to Music Trend. Then while they are using Google Talk, the chat client records the ID3 information of the song being played. The information is then sent back to Google where the information is further processed and made anonymous. Popular music is then tallied every week and displayed on the Music Trend page.
Along with the top 20 songs being played every week, information about the particular song and artist is also provided. For example, this week’s number one song being played is Dani California. When I click on the Dani California link, I am presented by the album. When the album is clicked, all the tracks are displayed. Among the album’s information, related web pages are also shown such as the official website of the band, latest news on the band, the artist’s photos, etc. Links to the song’s lyrics are also provided. To learn more about Google Music Trend click here.
As of this writing, Google Music Trend doesn’t seem to have a way of selling albums other then by sponsored link ads but I am sure this is soon to change. I expect that Google will soon show stores that offer to sell albums using Google’s new Check Out service. You can read more about Google Check Out here.
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