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2 reasons to look up lyrics: "Ooh, what song was that?" -> lyrics -> link to buy song. "I want a good thing to quote on Facebook" -> other people look it up -
by hirsin 12y ago
2 reasons to look up lyrics:
"Ooh, what song was that?" -> lyrics -> link to buy song.
"I want a good thing to quote on Facebook" -> other people look it up -> listen -> maybe buy.
The former might give a decent return (compared to showing ads to the 95% of people who wouldn't buy the song but would have seen ads) - keep in mind they're already primed for finding (and getting) the song.
- ars 12y ago> Ooh, what song was that? You have to know the name already, and be listening to it. You can't lookup lyrics by tune (there are tools that do that, but not this). Main reason to look up lyrics: I have the song, but I have no idea what the singer is actually saying, i.e. no sale involved.
- dingaling 12y agoOr, alternatively, search for an unknown song by a snippet of known lyrics. "here's a truck stop instead of saint peter's" Sale might ensue. Isn't it interesting that we have reciprocal use-cases?
- ars 12y agoIt's very interesting! But I tried your search, and while it found the song, it didn't have that special panel. But when I searched for: "r.e.m. man on the moon lyrics" That panel came up. So while yours might be an interesting use case, that are not actually doing it. So my initial question, still stands: Doesn't this hurt google?
- hirsin 12y agoI've absolutely listened to a song on the radio, or heard it while out and looked up the lyrics. Although actually typing out the first bit makes me see the limited (and still fading) utility of that scenario.