Google banishes Rap Genius lyrics site for shady search tactics

[Nympho]

Here's the story ..

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Small Summary:
Basically now any rap/hip-hop song lyrics you want to find, Rap Genius will not be on Google's search references. You'll have to go to the direct link '

You must be registered for see links

' .. for now that is.

Thots?​

 

[Punk Hazard]

Why is Google pissed? It still makes money, RapGenius gets some profit, everyone should be winning here.

 

[Kαmi]

Daaaamn, I never thought Google had such an effect on those kind of things. I think RapGenius will repair their relationship with Google cause they seem to be making a big deal that it wasn't their intentions for this to happen. RapGenius' traffic flow decreased dramatically so I doubt they'd make a habit of it. I also use that site sometimes for lyrics as well so I think Google should forgive them U_U

 

[Nympho]

Why is Google pissed? It still makes money, RapGenius gets some profit, everyone should be winning here.

They're money grieving b-stards. Thousands of dollars a year is never 'adequate' enough for Google employees

 

[Sir Blades]

I dont get it, can i get a straight forward short version.

 

[Nympho]

I dont get it, can i get a straight forward short version.

Small Summary:
Basically now any rap/hip-hop song lyrics you want to find, Rap Genius will not be on Google's search references. You'll have to go to the direct link '

You must be registered for see links

' .. for now that is.

There's your answer.

 

[Sir Blades]

There's your answer.

Thank you, and wow that sucks.

 

[Corgi]

I dont get it, can i get a straight forward short version.

RapGenius was doing things that they shouldn't have been doing to get more traffic so Google blacklisted them so that RapGenius doesn't appear in Google search results.

OT: This doesn't affect me.

 

[Untamed]

guess it means Rapgenius outsmarted Google or not. Lol lololololol

 

[Nympho]

guess it means Rapgenius outsmarted Google. Lol lololololol

lol that's why they got blacklisted? Yes .. very smart.

 

[Hypemaster]

Well that sucks

 

[chopstickchakra]

That's what they get for promoting Justin Bieber

 

[Jonesy161]

They're money grieving b-stards. Thousands of dollars a year is never 'adequate' enough for Google employees

Considering Google has to pay a few hundred employees that work around the clock to maintain and optimize the largest and most used website on the entire internet, I'm sure simply thousands of dollars wouldn't cut it at all. They need millions just to pay their employees.

Furthermore, for those who don't understand what is going on here. Basically, RapGenius was using a misleading approach on it's users to help spread the word of major artists so that Google would recognize the website to be larger than it really was to move up on the Google website ranks. Google caught onto this scandal, and as such, went to the length of banishing the website from any of it's searches as a reminder to every website out there that Google is in fact in control of Google, and not random websites that it displays under it's searches.

Also, this affects me in no way as I never had a need for that site previously.

 

[Europa]

They should ban porn instead.

 

[Nooby Kyuubi]

Late to the thread but yeah. Google taints everything they touch. First youtube now rapgenius. Wow...

 

[Dark Matter Thief]

Nooooo!!! I love RapGenius! Why Google!? Whyyyyy!?

 

[Nympho]

It's not like it really does anything for people. simply bookmark Rap Genius. lol

 

[King Of Sharingan]

i was wondering why i couldn't find it yesterday

 

[Naijakid]

Oops that too badht......

 

[Nympho]

They still havent fixed it