Originally published January 4 2006
Google to display info on musical artists
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Google is adding links to songs, lyrics and fan sites at the top of the results page for a musical artist. Google will also be able to tell customers if an item is in stock.
Now the online search goliath, Google is looking to improve the way it points us to the "food of love"--music.
Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people) says it is adding links to songs, lyrics and fan sites at the top of a results page for a musical artist, thus "addressing a deficiency" in its Web search, according to an Associated Press report.
(nasdaq: YHOO - news - people)'s venture. Type a name like "Coldplay" into the latter's search engine and you're greeted with Yahoo!'s version of bios and photos in Yahoo!
Music, itself a vendor from which you can purchase music and even concert tickets, via Yahoo!
Microsoft's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people) MSN also has a similar feature.
That means other sites where music can be legally downloaded, such as Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people) or RealNetworks (nasdaq: RNWK - news - people), and online vendors for CD's like Amazon (nasdaq: AMZN - news - people) and Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT - news - people).
According to other media reports, Google even has access to inventory feeds, and will be able to tell customers if an item is in stock.
Apparently, the search engine has no financial relationship with linked businesses, and it won't collect a referral fee.
So will Google be playing second fiddle to Yahoo!
The hope of further enlightenment for fans will mean more search requests about music -- and more opportunities to display ads.
The advertising section shown alongside any search result is Google's golden goose, accounting for a major chunk of the company's $4.2 billion in revenue through the first nine months of 2005.
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