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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Sample Comments

bbcbasic Jul 15, 2015 View on HN

SEO's are gonna love this.

blackhawkC17 Apr 17, 2024 View on HN

Looks like an SEO-optimized post to direct people to their website.

IncRnd Apr 17, 2018 View on HN

That's some pretty good seo right there!

bubblematrix Dec 12, 2022 View on HN

Did you really just try to do an SEO boost here...

quickthrower2 Sep 20, 2017 View on HN

Maybe you need to do some SEO then.

robobro Jan 9, 2020 View on HN

Is this a gimmick to boost your seo?

monkpit Apr 25, 2017 View on HN

Sounds like your seo game needs some work.

holyjaw Oct 24, 2014 View on HN

Is your HN title really the best place for SEO spew?

Embey Jun 14, 2010 View on HN

SEO and that is about all that matters

laur624 Sep 7, 2016 View on HN

Thank you for the SEO-specific reply. I was curious about that aspect, opinions on professionalism aside.