Google adds music search, streaming capabilities
Google has quietly launched Google Music, partnering with the major record labels and a few online powerhouses to provide yet another new search service in its growing arsenal.
Using the new service, which is powered by existing music-search tools from both Lala.com and MySpace's iLike service, users can enter a full or partial song title or band name and get results that include streaming versions of full songs, which users will then be given the opportunity to purchase.
Additional links are provided to Pandora, imeem and Rhapsody, where users can explore suggested artists and music related to their search queries.
"You don't have to know what you're looking for," Google's Jennie Johnson told CNN.com. "If it looks like they're looking for a song, we're including in the regular search result links to hear songs from partners."
The service will also search for results based on lyrics from songs, or even a snippet of a line from a song, according to the company.
"This search feature also helps you find many of those songs by entering a search containing a line or two of lyrics," boasts the Google Company Blog. "So if I search for [static silhouette somehow], I'll get results for Phoenix's song 'Rome.'"
According to Google, two out of every 10 search queries in the US are related to music.
The new service will be integrated into the website's default search results, and is currently accessible only in the United States.



































