Google has made an example out of lyrics site Rap Genius, which was caught in an SEO spam operation. Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better ...

Google has discovered that popular website Rap Genius has been using a questionable tactic to get top search results rankings, and the tech giant has laid down a severe punishment. The lyrics ...

Lyrics site Rap Genius says that it is no longer penalized within Google after taking action to correct “unnatural links” that it helped create. The site was hit with a penalty for 10 days, which ...

Song lyrics site Rap Genius has settled its beef with Google. Rap Genius announced this morning that it is going to be re-indexed in Google's search. The site was wiped out of search for some shady ...

Last week, lyrics-annotation site Rap Genius made headlines for a major Google no-no. The startup was accused of sending spammy emails asking bloggers to insert Rap Genius links into their sites in ...

The operators of the popular song lyrics database Rap Genius learned this the hard way after Google caught on to an attempt by the site’s management to use scam links to boost its ranking in searches.

Google apparently cares more about giving the best search results than punishing spammers, as it’s returning lyrics site Rap Genius to its high rankings for searches after it was exiled for SEO spam ...

Google hit back hard today after it learned lyrics site Rap Genius had been using dubious SEO tricks to attain top spots in search results. Now RapGenius.com doesn’t appear on the first page of ...

Popular lyrics site Rap Genius has disappeared from Google after the search giant caught it in a bit of suspicious SEO ("search engine optimization") activity. The founders insist they didn't mean to ...

Google has penalized Rap Genius for link schemes this morning. If you go to Google and search for [rap genius], rapgenius.com will not be found on the first page. Instead you will find links to their ...

Rap Genius is back on top. In an announcement over the weekend, the site said it had made peace with Google and returned to its usual place atop the Internet giant’s search results. The Googlers had ...

With the beef squashed, Rap Genius appears on the first page of its own Google search results again. The dubious-sounding “Rap Genius blog affiliate program”, the self-parodic used car salesman tone ...