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		pirroh on Oct 3, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Andreessen Horowitz Invests $15M In Text Annotatio... Google built something similar years ago--not a direct competitor to RapGenius, but rather a generic annotation platform for the Web. Guess what? It's now discontinued: http://www.google.com/sidewiki/ It's not trivial to build annotation platforms that are both compelling and easy to use. Hat tip to RapGenius!

streptomycin on Oct 4, 2012 [–]

It is trivial to build a lyrics site, and it would be very helpful to search users who so often search for lyrics and wind up on shitty websites.

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