Addendum: I just searched "Release Records" and their downloads are no longer online. Yet another music download site bites the dust. Most likely cause is poor search engine rankings due to poor site design or insignificant sales also due to poor site design. Reliance on "reputation" alone clearly no longer cuts the mustard.

For any site to be successful with online downloads they MUST be able to get a large proportion of their content within the first ten search results on Google. We are playing against aggressive big boys such as Apple's iTunes whose Quicktime malware alone has killed many sites who have been unable to find a solution for how it screws mp3 downloads (we know the workarounds). Most people do not have anywhere near the marketing budget of the big players, so the only solution is superior software.


Matti Ressler
Suomedia