[joelrunyon]

The funny thing about this whole controversy is that they're getting more organic links to rapgenius.

When the penalty is taken care of - they may be sitting in a better position than they were previously.

[d0ugie]

If you're right, and were this actually intentional too, well, that would be genius.

But given that their traffic is maybe off two-thirds now and that it is unknown how long google will leave the lights on (weeks, maybe months), during which time this will be long-flushed out of the news cycle and it becomes harder and harder to recover, and harder to secure things like more capital when you look this stupid, that's a high-risk bet. I'd say sabotage is more likely.

[d23]

I don't think organic links matter much at this point when you can't even Google their name and find them on the front page.

[joelrunyon]

That's why I included "When the penalty is taken care of" in my statement.