Google is actually penalizing its users' as they'll have less useful results instead of the best possible results.
Google is not supposed to be the Internet police. It's supposed to analyze the best sites, and rank them. Rap Genius getting some spammy links doesn't make it a better site; but it doesn't make it worse either.
The next thing we are going to see is a Google Justice Department?
Taking action which poses a stron disincentive to the kind of black hat SEO campaign RG was runnin benefits Google's users—tolerating such an action (especially as widely piblicized as RG's campaign had become) would have hurt Google's users far more than penalizing RG ever could.
I'd like to hear from someone who downvoted you with an explanation about why. I genuinely don't understand - you've made a logical post but clearly 1-5 people have disagreed and you're now on the bottom of the page in light, light gray (downvoted). I'm struggling to grasp the "Why?"
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Google is actually penalizing its users' as they'll have less useful results instead of the best possible results.
Google is not supposed to be the Internet police. It's supposed to analyze the best sites, and rank them. Rap Genius getting some spammy links doesn't make it a better site; but it doesn't make it worse either.
The next thing we are going to see is a Google Justice Department?
Taking action which poses a stron disincentive to the kind of black hat SEO campaign RG was runnin benefits Google's users—tolerating such an action (especially as widely piblicized as RG's campaign had become) would have hurt Google's users far more than penalizing RG ever could.
I'd like to hear from someone who downvoted you with an explanation about why. I genuinely don't understand - you've made a logical post but clearly 1-5 people have disagreed and you're now on the bottom of the page in light, light gray (downvoted). I'm struggling to grasp the "Why?"