Rap Genius Traffic Has Dropped By Over 80%

Re:Rap Genius Traffic Has Dropped By Over 80% by JohnTHaller on Sunday December 29, 2013 @03:53PM (#6981330)

RapGenius doesn't need to 'beat this thing'. They need to suck it up and deal with the punishment for getting caught cheating. Google has very clear guidelines. RapGenius decided to go blackhat SEO anyway (because 'everyone else does it'). They got caught (blatantly). And now they're dealing with the penalty.

If you don't want to have a 6 month penalty on Google, don't cheat.

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Re:Rap Genius Traffic Has Dropped By Over 80% by sillysaurus2 on Sunday December 29, 2013 @05:25PM (#6981749)

Rapgenius needs to find some way to recover from this if they are to survive. What are you saying they don't need to do?

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