On Christmas, Google delivered a virtual lump of coal by hitting the site that lets users annotate lyrics and other primary sources with a dreaded “manual action.” This involved manipulating search results to suppress results from Rap Genius, thus putting the site’s content on the fifth or sixth page of relevant results, even those that […] Author information Patrick Ahler Patrick Ahler is an experienced digital marketer with a passion for search & performance marketing. Patrick lives in tropical Hawaii and when he’s not making waves, he’s riding them. Twitter Google+ LinkedIn The post How to Not be a Rap Genius in 2014 by @patrickahler appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
Lyrics site Rap Genius says that is is no longer penalized within Google after taking action to correct “unnatural links” that it helped create. The site was hit with a penalty for 10 days, which meant people seeking it by name couldn’t find it. That’s been fixed, though…
By now, you are likely aware of the Rap Genius “Tweet In Exchange For Anchor Text” link scheme, hencefore to be known as TieFating. Barry Schwartz reported last week on John Marbach’s exposé of the popular music site, Rap Genius, which had started an “affiliate”…