read the post here -http://www.webhostinggroup.net/search-engine-optimization/hack-your-way-to-top-of-google/ what you guys think? I am guessing Google is okay with such technique because they are still ranked in top 10
Oh yeah, I'd host my site with those guys. They're not even that good at it. They should be loading their links with the title="keywords" attribute at least. Is it BH? No (IMHO). It's sleazy, but I would not consider it BH. Eventually they'll get nailed. And then they're gone. . .
That's the polite way to rat someone one..do it right to their face..nit behind their back like most would do. I find it honorable
It seems like a grey one for me. Those links have been hidden via css but it is still a common link. How different if those links were appearance or not? It seems like they are trying to hide those link from being seen by human (or Google staff) only. If all those sites are garbage then this kind of link woudl be worthless either.
Tom-advertiser's responses is right on. All it takes is a competitor to submit a spamreport @google.com in which a black hat seo'd website is reported and then removed from the database of google.com.
yes, for sure this kind of linking technique is on the borderline of blackhat and grey But the most disgusting is when someone does it without the knowledge of the other webmaster
I'd never do anything that would even look like greyhat. If Google got onto it then you're a dead man
Injecting your links invisibly in other's websites is Black Hat no doubt. it hacking in real sense. It is illegal.
Can't imagine that the links would be considered of much value by Google, and having invisible links might get the sites they're on penalized. Doesn't seem like it would be worth it.
google is not okay with it, just hasn't caught it yet. Pretty soon i think with your thread pushing it
yes it should be a blackhat technique....because i have seen this technique from one seo expert who is in pakistan. he is expert with this kind of techniques.
There is a very thin line between a Black hat and White hat seo techniques. As far as Google is concern, we really can't understand which is a BH and which is WH as google says it does not promote reciprocal links and do not aknowledge them, still i find lot of my competitors are practising it and still getting better results in serps without getting penalized.
Surely it's only a matter of time until they're found out. Personally I wouldn't use blackhat techniques, they are only useful for short term gains and may render a site unrankable ever again. But then that's the risk you take I guess.