Comments on: How Do I Become an SEO Blackhat? http://diydollars.com/seo/how-do-i-become-an-seo-blackhat/ The Alternative Self-Employment Blog Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:24:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Egon http://diydollars.com/seo/how-do-i-become-an-seo-blackhat/comment-page-1/#comment-1399 Egon Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:23:12 +0000 http://diydollars.com/seo/how-do-i-become-an-seo-blackhat/#comment-1399 Now that I think about it, here's a very (very) simple example of blackhat vs whitehat. It's a post I wrote about exploiting the new-ish service BlogRush to get double credits. Read the post: <a href="http://egonitron.com/2007/09/20/get-double-credits-with-blogrush/" rel="nofollow">Getting Double Credits with BlogRush</a> Now that I think about it, here’s a very (very) simple example of blackhat vs whitehat. It’s a post I wrote about exploiting the new-ish service BlogRush to get double credits. Read the post: Getting Double Credits with BlogRush

]]> By: Egon http://diydollars.com/seo/how-do-i-become-an-seo-blackhat/comment-page-1/#comment-1398 Egon Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:21:50 +0000 http://diydollars.com/seo/how-do-i-become-an-seo-blackhat/#comment-1398 Partially, yes. But the author is right for the most part. Scenario: Google pushes a new algorithm change for links back (which they have done recently.) A "whitehat" will read Matt Cutts' blog post explaining the change and how to conform to it to make their site rank better. At least that's what they think will happen. A "blackhat" will look for a way to exploit the change and actually use the new rule to their advantage. This is a very simple explanation, and is hardly a great example, but hopefully you get the idea. The main point is the "blackhats" think outside the box and take full advantage of new opportunities by breaking the rules, whereas a "whitehat" SEO will do everything according to the rules of whatever service they're using. Partially, yes. But the author is right for the most part. Scenario:

Google pushes a new algorithm change for links back (which they have done recently.)

A “whitehat” will read Matt Cutts’ blog post explaining the change and how to conform to it to make their site rank better. At least that’s what they think will happen.

A “blackhat” will look for a way to exploit the change and actually use the new rule to their advantage.

This is a very simple explanation, and is hardly a great example, but hopefully you get the idea.

The main point is the “blackhats” think outside the box and take full advantage of new opportunities by breaking the rules, whereas a “whitehat” SEO will do everything according to the rules of whatever service they’re using.

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