Google’s Music Trends provides insight to what imusic is popular today - as in right now c/o what people are listening to on their computers. This is achieved by taking a global look at Google’s Google Talk membership. Nice idea, but the downside is that I have no idea how many people participate and therefore have their music habits aggregated. Like many Google services Music Trends (defined right here) is a secret unless you are a member of Google Talk (ever heard of this one?)

I think that I am fairly plugged in, but this Google service came to me out of left field. As I posted earlier… Is Google in the hobby business? Why are they creating these things and then letting them languish?