Google has announced a new partnership for music search in conjunction with Lala and iLike. ILike was purchased by social networking site MySpace in August, and this is the first significant move MySpace has made with the service since its purchase. The new deal will make it easier for music fans to find music by making music related searches on Google.

The new search method will give users who search for a song a popup box that will play at least 30 seconds of the song and at times will play the entire track provided by iLike and Lala. The popup box will also offer links to purchase the track.

Reuters reports that Google is also working with Pandora, iMeem, and Rhapsody to incorporate the links into those music sites as well. The goal is to help users find the music they are looking for and increase sales of tracks and albums. Reuters reports that the new music search features will be rolled out to users of Google on Wednesday.

A Google blog entry read, "Every day we get millions of search queries about music. You want to know more about your favorite artists, find that new album or that iconic song, or figure out the name of that tune stuck in your head."

The search function will also let users search for music based on the title, artist, and lyrics. That means songs that users know some of the words to, but not the artist or title will still be searchable. There were earlier reports that Google worked with music publishers on the service, which Reuters claims are untrue. However, Google reportedly has the full support of the recording industry, as it should since the new feature could increase sales for the labels.

"Everybody's been very supportive. Indeed, our business model is to improve the search experience with the help of streaming partners, which offer interesting business models of their own," said R.J. Pittman, director of product management for Google.

Lala is expecting very big things from the new Google search partnership. Founder Bill Nguyen says that he expects a significant increase in business thanks to the search deal. He told Reuters, "We'll see a thousand percent increase in our business. We have about 100,000 customers and the majority or about 60,000 of them are active, which generate about $67 per year."

Lala revenues reportedly total about $10 million, but that number is expected to grow significantly next year. Nguyen said, "We expect to be one of the largest retailers of online music within one year after this deal." He also expects artists to start releasing music specifically for the Lala platform.

An iPhone app is also in the works from Lala.