EDIT: This method is becoming more difficult to use, as now search results don't even appear anymore (for Multiply). Looks like we'll have to resort to another alternative.Opposed to what we believed before, Multiply STILL works. But I've decided to make a tutorial for anyone else who doesn't know about using
Multiply, a social networking site similar to Myspace, to find music.
Using the search engine
Google, type in keywords of the song/album you want to find. Quotations around grouped keywords (ex.
"the fray" rather than
the fray) retrieves more helpful, specific results to your liking. ALWAYS end with
site:multiply.com/music. This code allows you to search the songs you want using only sites with that specific URL. You can experiment and try sites other than Multiply; other popular alternatives include
mediafire.com,
zshare.net, and
megaupload.com.
** If you are using Multiply, continue with this step. Otherwise, ignore the rest of this tutorial, and click any appropriate link that has your song. **
DON'T click any results. Multiply apparently makes it so that going to the site directly from Google (or maybe other places, but I wouldn't know) makes the page "not found." Instead, find the URL of the site, in green and copy (CTRL+C) it. In this example, we'll use the second link.
Then paste (CTRL+V) it into your browser... yes, simple, now hit enter to go to it. Usually the site excludes the specific entry that contains the song (the
/item/96 part in this example), which makes it a bit more difficult to find your song if the user has pages and pages of uploaded music.
Find the entry that has the song(s) you want, using find (CTRL+F) to find it even faster. If it takes too long to locate it, go back to the search results and click the light purplish "Cached" link next to the green URL. This link allows you to see a version of the website that Google has temporarily and creepily saved. It shows you the song highlighted within the website, so that you can go search for the entry under that particular date/entry.
When you find it, the layout generally looks like the above. Song title in the left column, album title in the next, then artist name, and finally the Download link. You DO need an account to be able to download anything in Multiply, so go and register, it's free and it's definitely worth it.
Enjoy and share this simple method with your friends using this link:
http://vpoundy.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-to-find-music-using-google.html
