SO if I search for the word scam or p&d then I'll be pointed to here by Google
. Well, that would be a sort of fame and success indeed, but maybe not the kind of success and fame we want to see
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I actually tried it! For the keyword "scam" - that and nothing else - the first big-G result which relates to crypto was indeed from Bitcointalk: page 5. The page was BTT's "
Scam Accusations" board.
For "pump and dump", the first crypto-related listing is also on page 5: "
"Wolves of Bitcoin" Figured Out a Nice Little Pump-And-Dump Scheme." It's from Gawker's "Valley Wag." The next one, on page 6, is from Coin Telegraph. On page 7, there's the "Crypto Pump Group" - which certainly stick out from all the others.
There are a couple more that are crypto-related on pages 8, 9 and 10, but nothing from Bitcointalk.
But Google does have the keyword "pump and dump bitcoin" as one of its eight suggestions, or "Searches related to pump and dump."