Google joins the music club

Google has responded to the growing music downloads market with the launch of a music search facility that goes live next week.

 

The service will launch on Thursday, December 22, and will be listed alongside Google's other services such as News and Images.

 

The new service asks users to enter the name of an artist into the search box. Results will contains some information about that artist, including the name, a few albums and a picture, as well as a "more music results" link. Additional information includes links to news, photos, cover art, discussion forums and other websites relevant to the search query.

 

There will be no charge for users for the service and, unlike Yahoo!, no plans to create a music library of its own.

 

More information is available.