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

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1743 points caspii | 4 comments | 07 Jun 21 21:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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DaveExeter ◴[07 Jun 21 23:14 UTC] No.27428561[source]▶
This is clever!

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Learn+how+to+solve+a+Rubi...

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jesseryoung ◴[07 Jun 21 23:38 UTC] No.27428783[source]▶
I find it hilarious that this made it's way into an Amazon listing for some waterproofing chemical. https://web.archive.org/web/20210607233655/https://www.amazo...
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duskwuff ◴[08 Jun 21 01:00 UTC] No.27429422[source]▶
I find it even funnier that it appears in a research paper:

https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8615/v1

(It's on page 24, at the bottom of the References section.)

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tyingq ◴[08 Jun 21 01:32 UTC] No.27429657[source]▶
And a Seventh Day Adventists sabbath lesson, as the only portion in English.

https://zomisda.org/zokam-sabbath-school-lesson-2019/

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1. geoduck14 ◴[08 Jun 21 05:41 UTC] No.27430992[source]▶
Serious question: are you guys trolling? Is this like describing Rick Rolling by actually Ricking Rolling people?

I only ask because when I click on these links, I get a while bunch of legitimate text, but noting actually useful. Am I missing something?

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2. exikyut ◴[08 Jun 21 05:45 UTC] No.27431006[source]▶
In the case of the last one it's immediately above the "Related posts" at the bottom. In all cases, this is a job for ^F. (I was genuinely surprised all the random links cited on the website _still work_, and had to search the page for them.)
3. tyingq ◴[08 Jun 21 05:54 UTC] No.27431065[source]▶
An (obvious) injected link, as described in the article, is at the bottom of the Sabbath lesson I posted.
4. avipars ◴[08 Jun 21 19:13 UTC] No.27439531[source]▶
go to "view page source" and then search