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Tracking down tracks: search engines evolve.(news feature)(Siren Systems)

Publication: EContent
Publication Date: 01-APR-04
Format: Online - approximately 891 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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How do you discover new music and artists? Probably through friends, the radio, or by wandering the aisles of a Virgin Megastore. Time consuming? Yes. Effective? Rarely. Two companies have recently entered the scene with the intent to turn your musical affinities into recommendations for and...

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...other titles, albums, artists, and, not only could it revolutionize the way consumers find music, but it has implications in a host of other consumer arenas.

Recommendation engines run by companies like Savage Beast and Siren Systems have developed highly advanced methods to determine what kind of music is similar to whatever your musical taste du jour may be that are far more intuitive and intelligent than a traditional text-based search. They analyze hundreds of attributes of songs in order to best categorize each selection, including...

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