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LyricWiki
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URL |
http://www.lyricwiki.org/ |
| Commercial? |
No |
| Type of site |
Internet lyrics database |
| Registration |
Optional |
| Available
language(s): |
Multilingual (6 active Main Page translations) |
| Owner |
Motive Force LLC
[1] |
| Created by |
Sean Colombo |
| Launched |
April 2006 |
| Current status |
Active |
LyricWiki.org is a site run by a
MediaWiki wiki
server. The site's purpose is to be "a source where anyone can
go to get reliable lyrics for any song from any artist without
being hammered by invasive ads". It is the 26th largest wiki,
according to the
list of largest wikis.
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Contents
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1
History
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2
Features
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3
References
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4
External links
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History
The site was created in April 2006 and soon after won the
DreamHost Site of the Month award for April 2006.[1]
LyricWiki has received a great deal of press coverage around the
world including an article on
Wired
Magazine's
blog
[2] and the
popular blog
Lifehacker.[3]
As of August, 2006, LyricWiki became the official lyrics
provider of the social playlist-sharing site
FIQL.
Features
- Over 240,000 content pages
- "Song of the Day" & "Album of the Week" featurettes
- No-banner, no-popup policy (site currently sports a
small, unobtrusive
AdWords banner)
- Feed of top iTunes songs for quick access on Main Page
-
SOAP Webservice
[2]
- Media player plugins and extensions for
Winamp,
Amarok,
Windows Media Player, musicCube,
foobar2000, etc.
[3]
References
- ^
DreamHost Site of the Month. Retrieved on
2006-12-25.
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^ Van Buskirk,
Eliot and Michaels, Sean (2006-05-02).
Listening Post. Retrieved on
2006-12-25.
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^
Collaborative lyrics at LyricWiki.org (2006-05-02).
Retrieved on
2006-12-25.
External links
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Main Page
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Official Blog (announcements and info in case of
outages)
Categories:
Website stubs |
Online music and lyrics databases |
Free websites