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jayjay9
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Two music websites (youtube is not a general music website, but there is a lot of music, GrooveShark is only music).
What do u use most?
I use uTube mostly!

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partydevil
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GrooveShark has about a half million users a month.
youtube has about 100 million users a month.

you do the math

better ask for dailymotion. dailymotions gets about 70 million users a months

Harry_Lime
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I guess if you're looking for music, Grooveshark is a better way to do it (better organization, no copyright-based removal, etc.).

IfYouInsist
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I use YouTube. Never have heard of GrooveShark before.

iMogwai
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I use YouTube. Never have heard of GrooveShark before.


That's because they're not really the same thing. One's for sharing videos, one's for streaming music.

It's like comparing a newpaper and a picture of a cat, because newspapers have pictures in them too. If you compare the number of people who read the newspapers to the number of people who looked at the picture of the cat, you're going to include all the people who don't read newspapers only to look at pictures.

I love bad examples

Anyways, the reason why this fails

GrooveShark has about a half million users a month.
youtube has about 100 million users a month.


is because most people use YouTube to look at videos, not listen to music. In Grooveshark, you can create playlists and have them play in the background while you do other stuff, like a music player except you don't have to own the music.

Anyways, I use Spotify myself, it's like Grooveshark only more organized and, well, good, but a bit less free (as in you gotta pay for it to be even remotely useful).
jayjay9
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I guess if you're looking for music,

Nahh Harry, im actually not looking for music, just want AG users ,you know, what they do think about it!?
eddyalex
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If youre looking for music then use grooveshark if youre looking for videos and music use youtube, they are both different

jayjay9
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If youre looking for music then use grooveshark if youre looking for videos and music use youtube, they are both different

I totally agree, but there is a bigger choice of music on YouTube, isn't it?
bigjacob
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You know anyone looking for music could do the following1)Buy the CD if there is one(2)Check the Radio(3)Youtube(4)Illegal means

IceClaw247
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Music on Youtube is uploaded by users, so it can be dodgy. grooveshark is professional and trusted, they have a bigger selection of music as well so my vote goes for YouTube.

greenpeople2007
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I think Youtube is best because I find groove shark is confusing, and with Youtube you can get lyrics.

dudeguy45
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Since Pandora is not working for me right now, I use GrooveShark to find songs, YouTube to download them.

IfYouInsist
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In Grooveshark, you can create playlists and have them play in the background while you do other stuff, like a music player except you don't have to own the music.


Is Grooveshark like Pandora except not a radio?
CabzIndustries
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i think youtube is more well known so people people generally use it. Also there are many versions of the songs and music videos(sometimes)

gamechamp777
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what the heck is GrooveShark

EmperorPalpatine
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I used to like GrooveShark more because there's a repeat/loop button, but then I found Youtube Repeat, where you simply type repeat into the url of any youtube and it will be looped. For example, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0kGAz6HYM8 becomes http://www.youtuberepeat.com/watch?v=Z0kGAz6HYM8.

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