1 post tagged “the long tail”

Inspired by Chris Anderson's "Hah" post about "The Top Five Mistakes of Long Tail Criticism", I wondered about my own usage of the Amazons and Netflixes of this world. It's pretty much a combination of short & long tail ordering as I read and watch the blockbusters as much as the hidden gems.

But then - Hah! - I realized that I use one of my favorite devices almost exclusively as a long tail instrument: My iPod!   I don't spend any time on transferring my favorite or the latest & hottest CDs onto the iPod. But I download every (old) song that I've been humming and singing along to for many years. I never bought the album because I only like that one song.

That is why I think the iTunes Store needs to optimize its search engine. Often I can only remember parts of the song, hardly ever the title or the singer/band. PLEASE, iTunes, help me and the other Long Tail users of the iPod to find what were're looking for!