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Google gives permission to some sites to do more. we are one of those sites.

Take a look at the how to play guitar chords page... it's everything you would want if you did that search. people stay on that page for 20-60 minutes!!! and there are 50 people on…

Thank you.... and I agree. We are 100% SEO compliment to best practices and we delete/deindex/build out any community pages that are short every month. Google Knol, Wikipedia, Abou…

some great press... most of the companies from Open Angle Forum seem to be getting funded. I think over 25-50% that present will get funded within six months of presenting. really …

If you want to obsess about me please continue... all your doing is making yourself look bad. It's silly to obsess to this level about one person. The Hacker News community is now …

I think you're once again trying to spam Hacker News with your own personal vendetta against me Aaron. Most brands love when folks make fan sites or communities. You're being intel…

Also Aaron, I would read this article... :-) http://www.seobook.com/how-choose-great-domain-names

Actually, we're not trying to drive folks to Mahalo with these sites. We're actually happier if they stay on the vertical sites--which have higher CPMs.

Some updates for folks on SEO: 1. Domain names are not counted toward SEO. Links and quality content are what drives SEO. That is what you should really focus on. 2. Having more th…

Actually Aaron, you can use a domain name with a brand in it.... take a look at wipo and you'll see dozens of examples of this. I've posted one below. That being said, if someone h…

Ain't that the truth! I've got 10 or so SEOs who watch everything we do and send complaint letters by the dozens to Matt. Keeps us on our toes to an absurd level.

It's not autoblogging, they are niche communities no different than HN or forums or StackOverflow. As they grow you'll see us invest more in their design and build them out. I'm no…

That's correct. These will either grow or fail based on their ability to build a community of passionate users.