Dimension Music

This is one of the most comprehensive MP3 sites on the Web. Featuring "news in the morning," there are also numerous other MP3 and midi music resources provided.

Check Sites every 30 minutes for Index

2Look4 has a simple, but effective means of dealing with the problem of sites that have shut down. It goes out and checks indexed sites every 30 minutes. If an MP3 site is down after five tries, it is removed from the index.

Enhance Music Searches

Audiofind has a pleasantly simple interface that lets you either search, or browse by artist, genre, or song title. It also shows its most popular searches.

A large MP2 Search Engine

Claiming to be the largest MP3 search engine on the Web, is Lycos' MP3 Search. More than a half-million MP3 files are indexed, and they're all SMDI compliant, according to Lycos.

Directory for Software and Hardware

Dailymp3.com provides an extensive directory of links to download MP3 software, hardware, and other accessories.

A Player for MP3

To listen to the MP3 files you find on the Web, you'll need a player. Though there are only a few portable players, such as Diamond Multimedia's Rio, there are literally hundreds of options for playing MP3 files on your computer.