AOL Music is joining the growing list of net companies offering free customizable content to bloggers, web sites and even fans with common RSS readers like MyYahoO!
AOL Music Now provides the ability to extract dynamic information and feeds for such things as members, artists, albums, charts, and playlists. Utilizing Really Simple Syndication (RSS) users can subscribe to dynamically updated data feeds either through My AOL, a compliant RSS Feed reader, or a website.
User generated content on community sites like MySpace and the proliferation of blogs has meant that music fans have an infinite number of places to grab info about the music they care about. This is forcing mass media companies like AOL to spread their content free to these thousands of sites and blogs in hopes that a click will bring the fan onto the main ad supported AOL site.
In the coming weeks Hypebot will be experimenting with adding content from AOL and other sites as well as links to tracks from Napster’s new free listening service. We welcome your suggestions for content and feedback.
