Audio Search Engine!

Yahoo today introduced a new Internet search service that allows users
to find downloadable songs, podcasts to interviews and newscasts.
The free service, which is still in its testing Beta period, is called Yahoo
Audio Search and can be found at Yahoo Audio Search (Beta).

The audio search feature for the first time breaches the barriers between
the various online music services, providing access to more than 50 million
digital recordings. It allows anyone to look for an individual song within the
digital collections of 16 different services, including the iTunes, Napster,
Rhapsody.

Yahoo Audio works much like the company's video and image services.
Users type in words or phrases and are returned a list of audio files that
they can click on and play. The company has integrated Yahoo Audio
Search with its video search service and has invited people to submit
videos and music through Media Really Simple Syndication, so it can be
found by the new audio search engine.

It has also integrated tools from its comparison shopping search engine,
which helps users find CD prices and make purchases from a variety of
retailers.