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RapGenius != Lyrics site Lyrics site != text annotation site Open Letter to Google About Rap Genius SEO != apology If an internet user searches for "Co
by antr 13y ago
RapGenius != Lyrics site
Lyrics site != text annotation site
Open Letter to Google About Rap Genius SEO != apology
If an internet user searches for "Coldplay Yellow lyrics" he/she should be provided with a lyrics website (e.g. AZLyrics) by the search engine. If I search for "Coldplay Yellow annotations" I would like to go to an annotations website like RapGenius. That's what I expect from Google.
If RapGenius wants to grow on the back of a the lyrics searches with dodgy SEO tactics, and wants to win both on the lyrics and annotations SERP they will not be providing users with what they want.
- wetmore 13y agoRapGenius is certainly a lyrics site. Why should the user be brought to AZLyrics when RapGenius provides the same content (lyrics) as well as annotations?
- yelnatz 13y agoThey are a lyrics site, yes. But the whole idea and vision of RapGenius (and why their investors bit) was because of their goal of "annotating the whole internet." They don't want to be just a lyrics site, they want their annotating paradigm to be the norm with every web page you go to. Unfortunately, for now, they are just a lyrics site... with annotations.