Google Music Trends

A new beta by Google tracks the popularity of tracks listened to by Google Talk, the tech firm’s IM app. Google says:

When Google Talk users opt in to Music Trends, we’ll capture information about the music they’re listening to from their music player. We then anonymize the information and add each musical vote to our Music Trends page. The more users that are opted in, and the more music they listen to, the more accurately the Music Trends page will reflect the world’s musical tastes.

We’re not too sure about the “world’s musical tastes” – didn’t we read somewhere that Goog-Talk isn’t too popular – and that opt-in thingy bothers us. NNevertheless, something to keep an eye on.

Google Music Trends