Hacker News SEO Criticism
Comments primarily accuse or debate whether a Hacker News post is an SEO-optimized ploy to boost website traffic, with discussions on SEO tactics, effectiveness, and professionalism.
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SEO's are gonna love this.
Looks like an SEO-optimized post to direct people to their website.
That's some pretty good seo right there!
Did you really just try to do an SEO boost here...
Maybe you need to do some SEO then.
Is this a gimmick to boost your seo?
Sounds like your seo game needs some work.
Is your HN title really the best place for SEO spew?
SEO and that is about all that matters
Thank you for the SEO-specific reply. I was curious about that aspect, opinions on professionalism aside.