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Suing Google for libel because Google misrepresents them as a dead company through purposely hiding them from customers who search for them on Google? It's a r

Suing Google for libel because Google misrepresents them as a dead company through purposely hiding them from customers who search for them on Google? It's a reasonable conclusion for searchers to make that RapGenius doesn't exist anymore because they doesn't exist on Google, just like it's reasonable to assume that businesses removed from the Yellow Pages doesn't exist anymore.

nthitz 13y ago
Indeed, it appears multiple users thought RG was no more: https://twitter.com/ReesesPiece94/status/415939402422947840 https://twitter.com/ReesesPiece94/status/415939402422947840 https://twitter.com/Mattious_/status/415913576507772928 https://twitter.com/Mattious_/status/415913576507772928 https://twitter.com/Pouss_Mouss/status/415913988556201984 https://twitter.com/Pouss_Mouss/status/415913988556201984
velis_vel 13y ago
Haha, I don't think you know what libel is.
dragonwriter 13y ago
> Suing Google for libel because Google misrepresents them as a dead company through purposely hiding them from customers who search for them on Google? People who search for RapGenius on Google will find plenty of information that indicates that they are a live company, so that would be ludicrous on its face. With Google sitting on billions in cash, I don't see how any frivolous lawsuit that RapGenius could afford to pursue without committing suicide would force them to move. > It's a reasonable conclusion for searchers to make that RapGenius doesn't exist anymore because they doesn't exist on Google They do exist on Google. If you search for them, there is plenty of information about them. Sure, you won't get a direct link to their site, but there is plenty of evidence that they exist that Google provides, including explanations of why the direct link doesn't appear. (E.g., for me right now, the first result if I search for "Rap Genius" is a news result with a time of "3 hours ago" titled "Google punishes Rap Genius for manipulative SEO tactics". I don't think that anyone would reasonably conclude from that the RapGenius doesn't exist any more.

nthitz 13y ago

Indeed, it appears multiple users thought RG was no more: https://twitter.com/ReesesPiece94/status/415939402422947840 https://twitter.com/ReesesPiece94/status/415939402422947840 https://twitter.com/Mattious_/status/415913576507772928 https://twitter.com/Mattious_/status/415913576507772928 https://twitter.com/Pouss_Mouss/status/415913988556201984 https://twitter.com/Pouss_Mouss/status/415913988556201984

velis_vel 13y ago

Haha, I don't think you know what libel is.

dragonwriter 13y ago

> Suing Google for libel because Google misrepresents them as a dead company through purposely hiding them from customers who search for them on Google? People who search for RapGenius on Google will find plenty of information that indicates that they are a live company, so that would be ludicrous on its face. With Google sitting on billions in cash, I don't see how any frivolous lawsuit that RapGenius could afford to pursue without committing suicide would force them to move. > It's a reasonable conclusion for searchers to make that RapGenius doesn't exist anymore because they doesn't exist on Google They do exist on Google. If you search for them, there is plenty of information about them. Sure, you won't get a direct link to their site, but there is plenty of evidence that they exist that Google provides, including explanations of why the direct link doesn't appear. (E.g., for me right now, the first result if I search for "Rap Genius" is a news result with a time of "3 hours ago" titled "Google punishes Rap Genius for manipulative SEO tactics". I don't think that anyone would reasonably conclude from that the RapGenius doesn't exist any more.