I've added a search field on every page at Magnatune.
The search program I wrote checks (in order) artist names, albums, song names, collection types, artist bio text and pages in the /info section. The results are grouped and ordered by these criteria.
Very nice! Maybe it's the holiday wine talking but I wonder if a simple Magnatune API might result in anything interesting. I can't think of any applications off the top of my head but maybe someone else would be able to do something interesting. Integrate Magnatune artists/data/sales links into their own sites, etc. I'm basically just typing to myself here.
Posted by: Brad | December 30, 2006 at 07:42 PM
Very nice! Maybe it's the holiday wine talking but I wonder if a simple Magnatune API might result in anything interesting
An API for searching, or an API in general?
There is an API for Magnatune already, at
http://www.magnatune.com/info/api
and data feeds too.
Posted by: John Buckman | December 30, 2006 at 08:07 PM
As I wrote that I was having some distant memories of an API. I guess I should listen to the voices.
Posted by: Brad | December 30, 2006 at 08:25 PM