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The top-ranking HTML editor on Google is an SEO scam

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1743 points caspii | 2 comments | 07 Jun 21 21:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.652s | source
1. ziftface ◴[07 Jun 21 23:00 UTC] No.27428412[source]▶
While I think this is extremely shady and will avoid ever using a tool like this in the future, does it actually break google's TOS? It seems like a valid defense could be made.
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2. shanecleveland ◴[07 Jun 21 23:46 UTC] No.27428837[source]▶
This is a valid question. Though, I would argue in this case that they have found a loophole more than anything, if they are not in violation of the TOS.

As others have pointed out and the author acknowledges, he is technically injecting links when his users embed their scoreboard on their website through an auto-included link-back to his site.

Now, I don't frown upon this. It is not deceptive and its placement is more than relevant.

The same cannot be said for the scheme the author uncovered. But whether it is violating Google's TOS is another question. I'm not sure of the answer.