Google’s New Music Search

About time! Yahoo! already beat Google on this one, having introduced their audio search a month or so ago. Still, better late than never. The new Google Music Search lets you find albums and songs on the artist you’re searching for. You don’t have to go to a special site to use the Music Search. If you are doing a regular Google search for a favorite artist or band, the music results will appear at the top of the search results. As you click on the links to albums or songs, you will see links to music stores where you can buy the music. It’s easy; it’s simple; it’s clean. But is it better than Yahoo!’s Audio Search? I would say no, it’s not any better or worse — it’s just different. Yahoo! doesn’t pull audio search results into its main search page. You have to use the Audio Search page itself. However, Yahoo! does allow you to filter your results for "music," "podcasts," and "other audio," which is definitely more than what Google does (right now). Which search do you prefer?