pcooelt

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   by pcooelt 13y ago

   the biggest lesson is don't brag about it in public!
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   by pcooelt 13y ago

   it's actually not - Matt Cutts specifically made a video about these exact type of "widget" links a few months ago. He recommended that they be no-followed.
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   by pcooelt 13y ago

   Rap Genius was given a "manual action" aka a penalty applied by an actual human because of the public outing that happened over the past few days, and the attention gained specifically by Matt Cutts. Their overall link portfolio i
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   by pcooelt 13y ago

   fyi I grapped a rank report from a few days ago from some of their popular kwds. Looks like they are down 4-6 pages on average: http://cdn.elite-strategies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/r...