Actually, it's understandable that Google set this on High Priority...
#1: it's a high traffic website, that is a startup and the whole deal got a lot of attention of us (HN Readers) + Matt even saw this here. So it was good to respond fast (no choice)
#2: RapGenius is dependant on Google (although they try to let you see it as a social network, but it's not), they would have gone bankrupt ( i suppose) without Google.
#3: Without a quick response and/or measure to fix their shit on their end, investors wouldn't invest any more money in RapGenius and Google would probably hurt a lot of future investments (how is this startup dependent on Google, ...)
BMW once got a penalty from Google, they didn't got easily off. But their business wasn't dependent on Google.
Either way, there are both pro and cons to each action. But overall, i think they handled if fairly well.
#1: it's a high traffic website, that is a startup and the whole deal got a lot of attention of us (HN Readers) + Matt even saw this here. So it was good to respond fast (no choice)
#2: RapGenius is dependant on Google (although they try to let you see it as a social network, but it's not), they would have gone bankrupt ( i suppose) without Google.
#3: Without a quick response and/or measure to fix their shit on their end, investors wouldn't invest any more money in RapGenius and Google would probably hurt a lot of future investments (how is this startup dependent on Google, ...)
BMW once got a penalty from Google, they didn't got easily off. But their business wasn't dependent on Google.
Either way, there are both pro and cons to each action. But overall, i think they handled if fairly well.