As with a large portion of the music listening market I own an iPod and use iTunes to download almost all of my music. It has a great selection, it’s cheap (since I rarely purchase a full cd and pick individual songs instead) and it makes syncing my music extremely easy.
The only downfall I saw with iTunes was the navigation. For me to get more than the top 10 most popular songs I had to navigate to music, and then to the individual genre’s I listen to (I occasionally search the general music top 100 but prefer to filter out the music I won’t buy) .
Anyways, when I logged in this evening I found that iTunes has added a quick link section (image below) next to the music navigation link. This allows you to jump directly to the genre of your choice bypassing an entire step. What a simple but effective enhancement! Great job!
The only potentially negative impact I see for iTunes is the fact that now I will likely never search the general top 100. I will likely navigate right to the genre’s I purchase and leave it at that. I’ll continue moving down the music longtail by discovering music through iTunes recommendations rather than searching on my own.
