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But if the rights issue wasn't there, wouldn't Google build a competitor in a few days? It's a fairly simple website to make, and lyrics websites do a ton of tr
by streptomycin 14y ago
But if the rights issue wasn't there, wouldn't Google build a competitor in a few days? It's a fairly simple website to make, and lyrics websites do a ton of traffic.
- dannyr 14y agoThere was Apture which was doing similar. They got bought by Google last year. http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/10/google-buys-contextual-rich-news-browsing-startup-apture-to-beef-up-chrome/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/10/google-buys-contextual-rich...
- pirroh 14y agoGoogle built something similar years ago--not a direct competitor to RapGenius, but rather a generic annotation platform for the Web. Guess what? It's now discontinued: http://www.google.com/sidewiki/ http://www.google.com/sidewiki/ It's not trivial to build annotation platforms that are both compelling and easy to use. Hat tip to RapGenius!
- streptomycin 14y agoIt is trivial to build a lyrics site, and it would be very helpful to search users who so often search for lyrics and wind up on shitty websites.