Google Adds Lyrics to Its Search

Google is once again looking to change the way we search. The Silicon Valley giant has just revealed its new lyric searching system that allows users to search for song lyrics, and the words will come up as a native Google result. The result pulls from Google Play's growing library of music. A link to the lyrics can also be found under an official YouTube link.

One source told Billboard how Google was able to get this done, saying, "They're creating the database themselves. They've done direct licensing deals with the major publishers to enable the service, and they're doing it internally at the moment. The data isn't crowd-sourced; there's a team of people working to create the database."

This is a huge blow to sites like AZLyrics and Metrolyrics, which have benefited tremendously from the status quo.

Lyrics are the seventh most searched for term in Google, as Massimo Ciociola, founder of Musixmatch, the world's largest lyrics database, says, "The company needs to produce a continuously high search experience, and they have to make it work properly for users. Adding lyrics is an essential and long-overdue move when you consider lyrics are the seventh most-searched-for term on Google ever."

The new Google lyric system is not entirely foolproof and has not totally eliminated AZlyrics and Metrolyrics — yet. While you can search for something like "No Type Lyrics" and the lyrics to Rae Sremmurd's "No Type" will appear in your Google search, more ambiguous and generic song names like "Love" or "Baby" will be impossible to identify by Google.

It may find a way to narrow the search based on your web-based tendencies, but until that point, you are stuck with AZLyrics and Metrolyrics.

Google also faces the continued obstacle that it does not have every song available on Google Play, the service where the lyrics come from, thus limiting the search options for users.

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