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by unreal37 4178 days ago
What was wrong with RapGenius? I actually like them. Simple idea executed well. I still use Genius regularly.
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anon1385 4178 days ago
People disliked them because the founders acted like obnoxious fratbros, but the specific claims of wrongdoing were over blackhat SEO ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6956658 ) which ended up getting them penalised by Google.
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cdr 4178 days ago
The other commenter covered the blackhat SEO / Google smackdown. As far as the people:

http://valleywag.gawker.com/rap-genius-cofounder-resigns-ove...

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