Google launches Google Music Trends!

Search engine giant Google had recently launched a web site named Google Trends to showcase the trends of Google hits from various regions around the world.

This tool was helpful in showcasing on which part of the world is currently searching for what kind of keywords on the Google search engine.

Now Google wants to use the ability of their Google Talk messenger to display currently played songs on a computer to compile similar reports.

The search engine company is now asking the users of Google Talk messengers to let them record the songs being played on the user’s computer for possible statistical compilation, which would be displayed on the Google Music Trends website.

As per the Google’s help page:

What is Google Music Trends?

Music Trends is a snapshot of the music that’s popular right now among Google Talk listeners. Every Talk user who has opted in to Music Trends will cast their vote automatically, each time they listen to music on their computer. We’ll gather this information and display the trends by country and by genre, listing the favorite songs of the most musically-active locations around the world.

Click through from the results to information pages about the artist or album, courtesy of Google’s Music Search. One more click and you could be at one of a number of online stores from which to buy the music, either as a digital download or on physical media.

The company has taken care of asking the users first before storing any records on what songs are being played on the user’s computer. That should keep the privacy advocates happy.