SeeqPod: Google for songbirds?

There's a new search engine in town. But unlike Google, Ask and AOL, which are increasingly joining multiple forms of content for an all-in-one search experience, this one has committed to one topic - music - and aims to do it exceptionally well.

SeeqPod not only searches - and typically finds - songs and music videos at high speed, it enables users to listen to and watch selections within search results.

The technology, dubbed "playable search," stems from biomimetic search and discovery technology, which was developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs. Its purpose is to "[mimic] the way the human mind might use context to make an recall associations," according to SeeqPod creators.

The niche search engine, which is still in beta, also acts as a powerful tool for bloggers and social networkers. Viral features allow users to embed Seeqpod-created playlists onto profile pages and blogs.

The company appears to be working on more features to connect users with more info at popular sources online, such as Wikipedia or MySpace.