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After AdWords and AdSense, Is AdFriends next?

Posted on 31. Oct, 2009 by Antonella Stellacci.

On October 26^th, Google rolled out the first release of its new Social Search, which pulls results from content posted on the Net by your most trusted sources, your friends.

It is still an experiment. To activate the social search feature, users have to opt-in and create a Google Profile with the list of their social networks. Google will do the rest, by indexing their social graph and applying its search algorithms to match the queries with the content posted by the users’ friends. The user becomes the link to what he posts.

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Weekly Digest on the Music Industry -April 5, 2009

Posted on 05. Apr, 2009 by Antonella Stellacci.

BREAKING NEWS (SORT OF..)

-Google launches a free ad-supported music service in China with the blessing of the labels. [WSJ]

TRENDS

-Why buy when you can listen free?

- The agreement between Spotify and 7Digital sparks a debate on the mixed streaming-store business model.  Glenn Peoples at Billboard views Lala as a possible winner because of its more focused user experience. [Billboard]

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Google China Launches a Free Music Service. March 30 2009: A Day To Remember.

Posted on 04. Apr, 2009 by Antonella Stellacci.

It’s been official for 24 hours now: Google has launched an ad-supported free music search in China, with the backing of more than 140 record labels, including the Big 4.

The Google service allows Chinese consumers to search for music, link to the Web site of a Beijing company called Top100.cn and download licensed music from that Chinese site, which has signed contracts with the music industry. Screenshots for non-Chinese readers have been made available by Music 2.0. It looks pretty slick, with lyrics, a flash player, upsell of ringback tones. Tracks are DRM free and high-quality (192kbps).

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