There is something very important going on here. The reality is most search results are gamed & Google knows it. Everyone should be afraid of this happening to

There is something very important going on here. The reality is most search results are gamed & Google knows it. Everyone should be afraid of this happening to them. Clearly what RapGenius did was wrong, very stupid and extremely short sighted. However, you're still going to find a good percentage of your search results today from rankings achieved with equally as shady strategies. Google is too big & too powerful to play these kind of games and arbitrarily decide who gets penalized and who doesn't. Dare I say it but part of me feels like there is not enough bureaucracy in large penalty decisions considering their impact. There are literally millions of other sites doing the same thing and happily continuing their day.