Comments on: There’s No Crying in Black Hat SEO

By: rcjordan

rcjordan — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:00:12 +0000

It goes beyond ‘no whining’ –which was the absolute first TOS of WmW back in its heyday, btw.

The true rule is “Don’t bleed on the carpet, kid.” Which means you’re not going to whine AND you’re not going to mess up the playing field for someone else if you get your arm ripped off.

By: Michael Gray

Michael Gray — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:13:28 +0000

well I’d create a link at the bottom of each page that linked to a page on the same domain and from that page link to my site. Get’s the link on a relevant page without looking spammy.

I would only do that if I was designing the site, SEO’ing the site i would not want the ink on there at all

By: rish

rish — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:26:31 +0000

So lets say youdesign and promote sites, does that mean you shouldnt link back to your main site (as is usuallythe case when you link”site designed by” in the footer)
? ?/?

will this be seen as dodgy link building?

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By: randfish

randfish — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:14:47 +0000

Love this post, Michael. Especially the part about “sacrificing” an SEO company

By: Administrator

Administrator — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:33:59 +0000

If you don’t have the tolerance for high risk tactics, obviously stay away from them. However I think there’s a lot of knowledge to be gained by pushing the algo in ways it doesn’t handle well and watch the results.

By: Clive Walker

Clive Walker — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:17:16 +0000

Um… don’t do black hat SEO in the first place? [Sorry to be a party pooper]

By: Administrator

Administrator — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:46:47 +0000

Exactly play and do some R&D. Now having only one test domain is iffy, it’s better to take a few and establish a “most likely outcome”.

By: Shimon Sandler

Shimon Sandler — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:33:53 +0000

I like your last point the best. Essentially, giving everyone the green light to put on the black hat, and have some fun. My advice is to experiment with a throwaway domain you don’t care about. You can learn a lot from experimentation:-)