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Rap Genius on HN

3 pointsColinWright3 comments

There are quite a lot of Rap Genius stories appearing on HN. Here is a list, along with their titles and links to the discussions ...

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There are already at least two major discussions about this. They are here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6960211

  Open Letter to Google About Rap Genius SEO
  (rapgenius.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6963365

  Google Has Officially Penalized Rap Genius For
  Link Schemes (searchengineland.com)

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Minor discussions:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6963682

  Google Destroys Rap Genius’ Search Result Rankings
  As Punishment For SEO Spam (techcrunch.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6961243

  The Hideous SEO Strategy of Rap Genius
  (rocketmill.co.uk)

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Other submissions:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6963568

  How Rap Genius Won The SEO Game (billboard.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6961756

  Rap Genius Apologizes For Not-So-Genius SEO
  Spam Tactics (techcrunch.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6960362

  Here's How Rap Genius Should Be Building Links

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6964012

  Rap Genius - Spammy SEO Strategy (rocketmill.co.uk)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6964169

  Should RapGenius be able to "negotiate" with
  Matt Cutts and Google?

Well, they did something newsworthy. Their disliked public image is likely also a factor (more upvotes for "RG is doomed" stories)

Still fewer stories than Coinbase whenever they have one of their incidents.

I'll happily agree it's newsworthy, it's just that the "discussion" is now spread across 4 submissions and counting, with other submissions being made to create more opportunity to split it further. This is an attempt to help people consolidate the discussion and help avoid saying the same things multiple times in different places.

Probably too late, but <fx: shrug /> it's in my nature to try.

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