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Rap Genius And The Problem With The Venture Capital Fueled Growth Hack - Forbes

Geege Schuman stashed this in Rap Genius

Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosne...

Geege Schuman
12:38 PM Dec 26 2013

Stashed in: Venn!, @a16z, Wikipedia, Urban Dictionary, Rap Genius

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Wait, Wikipedia has lyrics?

Adam Rifkin
12:53 PM Dec 26 2013

Rap Genius daily uniques went from 1.2 million to 493,000 once Google dropped them:

http://www.thewire.com/technology/2013/12/google-uses-its-nuclear-option-rap-geniuss-search-rankings/356490/

Adam Rifkin
12:56 PM Dec 26 2013

The article suggests that "use of SEO" demonstrates that Rap Genius had lost their way.

Really? Isn't a website like Rap Genius SUPPOSED to do SEO?

More on this story:

http://pandawhale.com/post/34477/google-obliterates-buzzy-startup-rap-genius-for-trying-to-game-the-system

Adam Rifkin
12:58 PM Dec 26 2013

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