Google introduces new Musik Marketing Technology

Google, which just has been subject of the former post about new services around Google Music, has introduced a new technological standard to index information about music and music files available within websites, which concerns the development of music sites. Introduced has been a set of Rich Snippets tags enabling the display of available music at sites within the search results. By this searchers now become aware of the availability of music files at sites appearing within search results. More about the new function including technological details is available by the official Google post A new rich snippets format for music.

Here by the way is another interesting article about the development of the online music space and the distribution of music, which states that new media in general as well as social networking means have led to a broader choice of music at all and by this to a change of the consumption of music.

The implications of the new broader, flatter distribution of music taste

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Live Streams from the London Club Scene

Boiler Room shows in part live and recorded audio / video shows from London and may be described in the range of the new kind of internet radio and tv services, including its podcasts. At the homepage one finds a lot of information about live events, new music releases and anything else being important like lifestyle fashion. Both recordings and live shows are available by particular sites with the latter being anounced at this page and on Facebook. The podcasts are available via iTunes. For more visit Boiler Room.

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Online Music Distribution

Like formerly introduced services to sell music online also YouTunez.com enables to distribute and sell digital music online at various well known online stores. Selling by using YouTunez.com happens by uploading music tracks, which starts with affordable prices of just US $ 1,29 per track and month. If someone has sold 1000 albums whitin a years, the fees will be paid back and additionally special conditions are offered to labels. Furthermore a couple of applications to promote the music are provided like a commerce enabled music player to be installed within homepages or social media sites. For more visit YouTunez.com.

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Social Network for Musical Instruments

The social network Tonall specializes musical instruments and in everything around. The network enables people to share knowledge and to list their instruments. This is accompanied by a marketplace both of instruments and all services needed like repair or lessons. Last but not least the site provides articles and news. For more visit Tonall.

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Music Video Charts at YouTube

YouTube has launched a new chart service especially dedicated to music videos. Following various general ranking services like the latest and most comprehensive service YouTube Trends, the new service located at youtube.com/music is the first one just about music. And it is comfortable by listing charts of various genres.

As a YouTube service the new charts are important and interesting at all. But there is another peculiarity compared to other chart services usually listing just commercially created music videos. The YouTube chart service lists both commercially created music videos as well as videos created by users and independent artists and the like, which is a great pool of creativity by counting user generated videos in the sense of mashups and some great independent music maybe not found elsewhere. Further information about the service is available by the official blog post about the launch of the service and at the YouTube Music Charts Portal.

The YouTube 100 music chart is live

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