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We are working with Google right now to resolve this. They’ve been really great, helping us identify changes we need to make. As if they don't know what they did. These guys are toxic. I'd ban them for a year.
Wow, the hate is strong with this one.
So, the best lyric site by a mile no longer shows up in ordinary Google lyric searches. As a music fanatic, searching lyrics is something I do all day long every day, by the way - and when I search lyrics in Google, I really want to go to rap genius. Anyway, supposedly this degradation of Google had to happen to make a public example, and most of us are ok with it because the founders of RG are known to be kind of je…
You should try Bing for lyrics search. I've already made it the default engine on my phone.
We are working with Google right now to resolve this. They’ve been really great, helping us identify changes we need to make. As if they don't know what they did. These guys are toxic. I'd ban them for a year.
Seems toxic to lay such claims without getting to know someone personally. Have they done you wrong? Perhaps you are uninterested in rap music, perhaps you believe in staunch professionalism, but at least have respect for an individual's choice to live to their life as they please. Success isn't truly success unless you do it while being yourself. There is a reason you don't have the power to ban them for a year. Rap…
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Why do they depend on Google's mercy? What does Google provide them, that they must have and cannot be had elsewhere? To phrase differently and hint at what I am suggesting- if Google provides something that companies cannot live without, what did companies do before there was Google ?
>what did companies do before there was Google? They didn't.
Smaller companies seem to be replacing the "advertising dept." with "our rank on Google dept.", in which case it's not exactly Google's fault they are dependent on Google, any more than when a Craigslist scraper is dependent on Craigslist.
Google isn't the only way to access the internet. All this complaining of not being able to type "rap genius" in google to go to the site sounds real juvenile, doesn't even rise to first world problem status. Try typing rapgenius.com and using their search mechanism. These actions may stop some of their growth, but should not be a hinderance to anyone complaining here.
Still, the real story here is that almost all small businesses depend on the mercy of one giant corporation. This Google monstrosity / police man should be split up into smaller, competing search engines.
Why do they depend on Google's mercy? What does Google provide them, that they must have and cannot be had elsewhere? To phrase differently and hint at what I am suggesting- if Google provides something that companies cannot live without, what did companies do before there was Google ?
Web rings and pages of links to other sites were also common, basically what RG did, but more reciprocal.
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Good thing google is public rather than private.
Do I need to explain how a publicly traded company is still private, or are you just being purposely obtuse?
I think there could be some questions as to whether Google is engaging in anti-competitive behaviour in the way they use search revenues to undercut other competitors. Perhaps they are doing nothing wrong, perhaps they are doing something wrong, and perhaps an effective remedy to that is to split the company.
So, the best lyric site by a mile no longer shows up in ordinary Google lyric searches. As a music fanatic, searching lyrics is something I do all day long every day, by the way - and when I search lyrics in Google, I really want to go to rap genius. Anyway, supposedly this degradation of Google had to happen to make a public example, and most of us are ok with it because the founders of RG are known to be kind of je…