Why is RapGenius the best result for Google searchers? I just want lyrics, if Google can get me to them I am happy. RG has a ton of bloat that I don't want or need.

Because when you google for "rapgenius" the best result is unquestionably rapgenius.

That's true but that is just one query, I'd assume an overwhelming of RG's organic traffic didn't come from searching the company name.

No, when you have the website you don't need to "google" it.

> No, when you have the website you don't need to "google" it.

You have the company name, not necessarily the website. It could be .com, .net and probably reasonably well a few other ones.

> " I just want lyrics, if Google can get me to them I am happy."

This is what I said when I met with Milun Tesovic from Metrolyrics, and what was more shocking is that they were licensing lyrics and paying royalties for it and that they used jQuery to block people from copying and pasting lyrics. You could be sued for copying pasting "copyrighted" text and that every other lyrics site were using "pirated" text.

You telling me consumers can't copy paste the words to "bitches aint shit but hoes and tricks " (Dr. Dre 1992, Chronic) because they are paying royalties for it out of their own pocket?

Needless to say, the traffic between azlyrics and metrolyrics reflects this. Former has been trending up for the past few years, while metrolyrics have stagnated and is less frequented than azlyrics.

I don't think it's fair to make that kind of teleological evaluation... Yes, RapGenius may be the best solution for google's customer. However, if Google permits shady SEO tactics simply because the ends justify the means, then what kind of precedent are they establishing? They would be encouraging that kind of behavior. As a heavy RapGenius user, I'm upset with what occurred, but from an objective standpoint, it makes sense why Google made its decision.

Kind of like Too Big to Fail. Hmm...