The Hideous SEO Strategy of Rap Genius

Posted by ysekand on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @04:47PM
from the rocketmill.co.uk dept.

http://www.rocketmill.co.uk/hideous-seo-strategy-rap-genius

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Re:The Hideous SEO Strategy of Rap Genius by ysekand on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @05:02PM (#6961289)

I can't believe a VC backed company has done this.

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Re:The Hideous SEO Strategy of Rap Genius by kbar13 on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @07:16PM (#6961673)

Why? Admittedly, I'm not too familiar with how VC works, but I'm not entirely sure how being able to convince VCs of profitability would be a good enough filter for people to determine whether or not a VC backed company would do bad things to improve their profitability.

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Re:The Hideous SEO Strategy of Rap Genius by ysekand on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @07:25PM (#6961693)

VC's should keep a close eye on the marketing efforts of the companies they back, particularly if their main strategy depends on SEO.

Most SEOs will take the quickest route possible to game Google and that could put a company in grave danger.

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Re:The Hideous SEO Strategy of Rap Genius by PaulHoule on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @07:17PM (#6961676)

Well, what's funny about it is that Rap Genius has done the one thing that Matt Cutts says you should do, which is make a lyrics site which is head and shoulders better than the competition.

(The awful truth is that's good enough)

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Re:The Hideous SEO Strategy of Rap Genius by hnha on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @07:17PM (#6961677)

already discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6956658

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Re:The Hideous SEO Strategy of Rap Genius by bsiddiqui on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @07:15PM (#6961669)

not surprised

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Re:The Hideous SEO Strategy of Rap Genius by ysekand on Tuesday December 24, 2013 @07:25PM (#6961694)

To be honest, in this case I am surprised.

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