Download Free Legal Music For Your iPod - Top 3 Tips

The first and foremost thing to consider is whether the site you're at is just there to take your money. Sad to say, but in the real world, there are a huge number of scam or spam sites and blogs on the Internet. A lot of them are just there to scam the search engines into giving the owner's main site a higher search ranking. In the case of ipod downloads, you may want to do your homework and thoroughly research a site before you reach for your credit card.

One site in particular is iPodBlender. The site is very attractive and shows they offer movies, games, TV shows, almost anything you want. But when you click the "Register" link to sign up, a credit card selection page appears showing a grayed out disclaimer on the bottom. If you left click and drag to highlight the paragraph you'll find out they DO NOT host iPod downloads of any sort! In fact they're only selling you, for $37, a list of other sites that DO offer iPod downloads.

The disclaimer reads as follows,

"Disclaimer: This website is a database (ie: an index) to other websites that host downloads. This website does not facilitate in the download process in any way. This website is not affiliated with, nor has control over any of the websites it links to. iPodBlender.com disclaims..."

It seems to me you can get what they have to offer for free using a Google or Yahoo! search for iPod downloads like I did. So do your homework and really check out the site you're interested in before you spend your money.

The top download sites have millions of multi-media files; movies, videos, games, songs. The ones I use claim to have access to about 100 million files. Be certain to look on each site for the number of download files available in their database. My account with Download Music Pro requires you to download a free utility which will search for songs based on the title or the artist's name.

The search results sometimes include several thousand results. Naturally a number of the results are the same song, but there is a star rating system indicating the quality of the file. The majority of the files are mp3 format but some are in wma format.

Please go to http://iPodSid.com for more information on how to download free legal music for iPod and additional free iPod download resources.

Your options for quality iPod downloads are numerous. But if the site passed the first two tests above then you should consider the long term cost. Prominent sites like Yahoo and MSN can be very expensive. For instance a Yahoo music account will cost around $70 per year and MSN charges 99¢ per song. So your typical download site like Download Music Pro is a bargain, since they offer a lifetime membership in the 35 to $50 range with unlimited downloads.

As with anything in life, if it looks too good to be true a lot of times it is. But in this case, the nominal fee for joining one of these music download services is well worth it. Because, the real fact is many of them are a front for the same music download utility I got with my membership. It's basically a P2P file sharing utility, but one of the best you can buy.

The iPod music download services are basically charging you the same price as the utility's owner so effectively you're getting their customer service for free. Not to mention the additional free software incentives, game downloads, movies, and video downloads to boot. Most of the services I looked at also include free iPod music conversion software. I'm happy with my account and I download several tunes everyday. But I did my homework and checked out the sites before I spent my money.