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Re:Help Google just nerfed us out of the blue by Matt_Cutts on Thursday May 17, 2012 @03:39PM (#3988674)
No worries at all--glad it turned out to be easily fixable.

And now I know what "nerfed" means. :)

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Re:Help Google just nerfed us out of the blue by sixQuarks on Thursday May 17, 2012 @04:29PM (#3988919)
This is why I love HackerNews. Guy asks for SEO help, frigg'n Matt Cutts answers!
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Re:Help Google just nerfed us out of the blue by kayge on Thursday May 17, 2012 @04:18PM (#3988863)
FYI - Another fairly common usage of "nerfed" these days (especially in the gaming community) refers to something being toned-down. E.g. if many players are complaining about a character ability being too powerful, the developers may consider "nerfing" that character.
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Re:Help Google just nerfed us out of the blue by matznerd on Thursday May 17, 2012 @09:53PM (#3990046)
In Internet Marketing, we refer to being delisted as getting "sandboxed"
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Re:Help Google just nerfed us out of the blue by mh- on Friday May 18, 2012 @02:39AM (#3990643)
As you're replying to Google's Web Spam lead, I'm sure he's familiar with the terms for obliterating your splog farms. :)
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