Tuesday nights on AltSearchEngines we host debates between Alternative Search Engines around a common topic. Tonight we are fortunate to have two great MP3 search engines: MP3Realm (Josh) and SkreemR (James). Feel free to ask questions or leave comments after the debate!

Q. What are the advantages of an MP3 search niche?

MP3Realm: There are many advantages of this to the public. There aren’t enough quality websites that will allow the entire world to listen to tracks in the entirety. While the music industry considers this “stealing” it actually benefits them sales-wise. A music search engine that doesn’t exclude any band is also very important for those underground / garage bands that are just starting up. Purevolume has done an excellent job of getting them heard. The more they get heard the more songs will become available in our index.

SkreemR: A great advantage of the MP3 search niche is that our site can be
customized for people interested in audio content. In traditional search engines where you are just finding and giving the user a link to a web page, there’s only so much you can do. Because we’re looking for specific types of content, we can do some cool things with the results we return. So we can have a great search engine that takes people right to the audio files they’re seeking, and then surround them with the best tools, links and services specific to our content type.

So once you find that awesome song you’ve been searching for, you can also read the lyrics, add the song to facebook, read the Wikipedia entry for the band or artist, buy concert tickets or get the album from Amazon to name a few. Read the rest of this entry »