Chart Shows Death Spiral After Google Busts Rap Genius For SEO Tricks
Earlier this week John Marbach shared Rap Genius's offer of Twitter links to bloggers posting specified links. Marbach was offered "MASSIVE traffic" and the chance to "bloooowwwww up!" for posting links with Justin Bieber song titles and the word "lyrics" as anchor text. Hours later Google took action, wiping out from its search results. This chart shows the drastic drop in Rap Genius traffic:
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