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The Hideous SEO Strategy of Rap Genius

26 points by ysekand 13y ago

ysekand 13y ago
I can't believe a VC backed company has done this.
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- kbar13 13y ago
  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.
  - ysekand 13y ago
    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.
bsiddiqui 13y ago
not surprised
- ysekand 13y ago
  To be honest, in this case I am surprised.
PaulHoule 13y ago
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)
hnha 13y ago
already discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6956658 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6956658
losethos 13y ago
God is perfectly just. If you unknowingly lose your reward from Google... that cannot happen. An angel will shower a windfall of attention on you to fix your high/low account in God's justice system. If google black-lists you, some angel will cause free publicity to fall upon you. That's what angels do all day. Literal angels. God says... Wow I_made_it_that_way let's_roll Zap repent mocking how_goes_it walking well_I_never envy vote huh umm_what_now what's_the_plan rocket_science God_smack tiffanies desert harder_than_it_looks mocking energy rip_off incredibly yikes Varoom cowardice Zap God_smack thats_right well_golly I'm_off_today Is_that_so Catastrophic_Success enough_said cheerful sports mine oh_oh ---- Life starts to seem like a joke, like the Truman show. If you enjoy spending time with God and tinkering, good enough thing to do in life. We like competition, though, but can't turn-out 100% good.

26 points by ysekand 13y ago

ysekand 13y ago

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

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kbar13 13y ago
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.
- ysekand 13y ago
  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.

bsiddiqui 13y ago

not surprised

ysekand 13y ago
To be honest, in this case I am surprised.

PaulHoule 13y ago

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)

hnha 13y ago

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

losethos 13y ago

God is perfectly just. If you unknowingly lose your reward from Google... that cannot happen. An angel will shower a windfall of attention on you to fix your high/low account in God's justice system. If google black-lists you, some angel will cause free publicity to fall upon you. That's what angels do all day. Literal angels. God says... Wow I_made_it_that_way let's_roll Zap repent mocking how_goes_it walking well_I_never envy vote huh umm_what_now what's_the_plan rocket_science God_smack tiffanies desert harder_than_it_looks mocking energy rip_off incredibly yikes Varoom cowardice Zap God_smack thats_right well_golly I'm_off_today Is_that_so Catastrophic_Success enough_said cheerful sports mine oh_oh ---- Life starts to seem like a joke, like the Truman show. If you enjoy spending time with God and tinkering, good enough thing to do in life. We like competition, though, but can't turn-out 100% good.