black hat vs white hat?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by SHO, Jan 7, 2007.

  1. #1
    can someone explain what the difference is and would you use both types?
     
    SHO, Jan 7, 2007 IP
  2. dam_sid

    dam_sid Banned

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    #2
    if you are looking for long term then just look for white hat...
     
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  3. solomonrothman

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    #3
    Check Wikipedia and the other free information sources before posting in the forums. There is TON of info about the white hat vs black hat debate.. You may also want to check out "grey hat."
     
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  4. DomainMagnate

    DomainMagnate Illustrious Member

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  5. SHO

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    thats funny
     
    SHO, Jan 8, 2007 IP
  6. DSB

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    #6
    black hat vs white hat
    short term v long term

    Depends on your business strategy.
     
    DSB, Jan 8, 2007 IP
  7. evmikna

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    Black Hat is Immoral, Unethical, Godless activity you must avoid!!!! That should get the discussion going :D

    Actually, this slippery eel term is currently defined at www.blackhatseo.com.
     
    evmikna, Jan 8, 2007 IP
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    #8
    You should do white hat seo rather than black hat.
     
    northbeach23, Jan 8, 2007 IP
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    Yes, IMO, for long terms success in any business model it's always good to follow the sound and ethical SEO practice.
     
    etechsupport, Jan 9, 2007 IP
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    lol
    red panama SEO, yellow cap seo, pink bowler SEO... Since now I am wearing my golden witch-hat while doing SEO. How it will be called? :)

    so if black suits you more than white put black hat on and vice versa :)
     
    Toe, Jan 9, 2007 IP
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    If you have to ask the question then you don't know enough about black hat to make any money anyway.
     
    mad4, Jan 9, 2007 IP
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    #12
    Black hat SEO = unethical methods and may get you banned easily in search engines. Good thing is you can be indexed easily and can get out in sandbox in no time, IMO.
    White hat SEO = clean methods in SEO like backlink building, directory submission, and many others.
     
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  13. evmikna

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    Yes! Further refinement of "directory submission." Watch out for "link farms." Submitting to those is "black hat" and you'll end up in Google Hell for the abomination :)
     
    evmikna, Jan 10, 2007 IP
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    #14
    it's like, black hat is the illegal way of optimizing your site. it's like fooling the search engines. and when caught, you might suffer from penalties.

    white hat aside from being long term, it is the ethical way of optimizing your site. as they say, it is a clean method.
     
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    I would say that black hat is somewhat of the easier way at doing things but if caught, you're website will have a heavy penality. Stuff like pop up screens that you cant close easily, tricking people into click on to a website and it actually redirect them to where YOU want them to go instead of letting them choose, or something that would trick the search engines to make your website rank higher all of a sudden. Those are some examples of black hat. White hat is just doing things the regular way, which is content, content, content. White hat build more towards what the target audience wants to see rather what YOU want them to see.
     
    tekmox, Jan 10, 2007 IP