MP3 Search Engines Without Spyware
There are lots of free music search engine tools out there, but you still have to be careful to choose the right one. Although some of the leading music search engines appear free at first, these sites can be are littered with adware and all sorts of spyware that infest your computer and eventually you may end up paying a very high price for your ‘free’ music.
These spyware and adware collect all kinds of data on the users of the computers they infect like surfing habits, sites visited, users keystrokes and even installing software without users knowing. If a new browser pops open by itself on your computer with some tacky ad on it, then you probably been infected by adware and you should run your anti-virus.
Tests have shown that as many as 75% of MP3 search engine sites contain dangerous spyware or adware which can infect your pc just by running one search on them. So what sites are safe for MP3 search?
Ok, what’s the deal with MP3 search engines? Well, they offer you the opportunity to search for and listen to any song/podcast/artist in the world. The beauty is that you don’t even have to download the music to listen to it. You can have it streamed to your MP3 player.
We like ClipNiche.com, which is a commercial script which can be purchased from the site and uploaded to your website. We tested the search functionality with a few difficult artists and songs not easily found on the Net. Clipniche came uptrumps every time finding not only songs, but also many related titles, soundtracks, etc.
This site offers a demo of the script which essentially makes it free for you an me and the site is free of any nasty adware or spyware so you can search safely to your hearts content.
Is it legal to listen to streaming music on the NET? The answer is no so you can stream from clipniche as much as you want. Only if you download and distribute music are you in possible grey territory, but the music industry is now becoming less of a ogre and seeing the upside of MP3 Search engines. They can use MP3 search as a sort of presale because people will always want the real CD for their collection.
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