Google Partners With LyricFind To Display Songs Lyrics In Search Results (billboard.com)

Posted by msmash on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @02:40AM from the saved-you-a-click dept.

Google has signed a multi-year licensing deal with LyricFind, a Toronto-based firm that provides lyrics of songs. As a result of the collaboration, users will now see song lyrics directly in the search results, both the companies have announced. From a BillBoard report:A query for the lyrics to a specific song will pull up the words to much of that song, freeing users from having to click through to another website. Google rolled out the lyrics feature in the U.S. today (June 27), though it has licenses to display the lyrics internationally as well. While the terms of the deal weren't disclosed, LyricFinder Chief Executive and co-founder Darryl Ballantyne projects publishers and songwriters seeing "millions" of dollars in additional revenue from this arrangement.The move comes six years after Microsoft partnered with LyricFind to display lyrics on Bing.com (Archived link).

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Re:Search syntax by Anonymous Coward · 2016-06-28 03:35 · Score: 2, Informative

That's pathetic compared to the DuckDuckGo bang syntax.
Normal search query (search in DuckDuckGo): "streets of london"
Redirect search to Google: "!g streets of london"
Redirect search to Bing: "!b streets of london"
Redirect search to Wikipedia: "!w streets of london"
Redirect search to google maps: "!maps streets of london"
etc, etc, etc.
See here: https://duck.co/help/results/s... and here https://duckduckgo.com/bang.
DuckDuckGo's results often aren't the best, but they make it up by having a damn nice interface. Google's search syntax is just embarrassing in comparison.