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No - SEO is not a game to play in grey area, its a risk that they took by depending upon SERP for their source of traffic.

I definitely agree. You need to treat Google SEO like any other platform that you build on. I'm curious to see if their negotiation on a resolution is met with deaf ears by the Google team. Google wins everything, and I hope they keep the penalty, even attacking the rest of the lyric ecosystem.

Need to protect the user by ensuring fairness, IMHO.

I agree, if they give rapgenius leniency it would mean a double standard exists at Google regarding their core product that we have come to trust. Already duckduckgo is gaining more popularity because some of the trust regarding our privacy has really gone down for a good reason (Snowden).

Do you think DuckDuckGo can play the long game though? #GoogleWinsEverything

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