Mountain View-Based Google Launches Music Search Feature

Mountain View, Calif. - Google, the Mountain View-based search engine
giant, has introduced a new music search feature that the company said will
provide more relevant results when users search for music-related
information. The tools allows users to enter names of bands, artists, albums or
songs on Google Music, and receive music-related results at the top of the
page. The results will include album cover art, reviews and links to retailers
including iTunes, Amazon.com and eMusic. The company said that the
service currently skews toward popular U.S. artists, but will be expanded to
encompass classical and lesser-known artists worldwide. "This has been one
of the longstanding unfilled user needs," Marissa Mayer, Google's vice
president of search products and user experience, told News.com. "We saw a
search need where we weren't providing users with the highest-quality results
that we could." Mayer added that Google isn't planning to launch its own
digital music store.
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