Thanks for adding this section guys. hopefully now we have and outlet that can really explain WHY blackhat seo tactics are used.If you still believe the days that blackhat SEO's are spamming everywhere to get results...those days are long over. what is called for now is delivering quantifiable traffic to clients and affiliates that coverts off high volumes. Lets just say that the days of using "barney" to promote an adult site are long gone. just like meta tags looking forward to some great threads here
Don't attempt blackhat, you're not up to it. If you can't work out what website you're c&ping into - just step away from the blackhat http://www.webmasterforums.com/blackhat-seo/4478-blackhat-search-engine-optimization.html
Dynamic Programming is one thing that is required. Hacking is something else. But to define them as Black Hat says that you do not know how to apply the concepts.
Blackhat and whitehat seo is used for only one reason - earn money In my opinion whitehat seo doesn't really exist but that's a whole different story...
so would i be right in saying that blackhat is illegal???? well i mean will google ban a site that uses this method?
Exactly, finally, someone who agrees with me on that one. No blackhat is not illegal, although there are some blackhat techniques that are illegal. Such as hacking competitor sites, etc.
If you use Black Hat SEO its likely it will get you results but they will only be temporary. The search engines will find away around whatever trick is being used. The idea is to work with the search engines, not try and trick them. White Hat SEO is the only way to secure search engine results for the long term.
As a white hatter... I've never really dabbled in black hat. I am a strong believer of learning all aspects of every subject so I spend quite a bit of time learning black hat techniques just for knowledge purposes. There is a lot of money to be made with black hat, it's just a steep learning curve and highly immoral.
Black hat, White hat, Grey Hat...it's all marketing... It's not illegal, unless you're spamming the entire island of New Zealand (did you hear about that?)
black hat isnt illegal its just finding a glitch and using it to your advantage, however when big g find out about this your more than likely going to be punished, so just be honest and work with the se not against them