Is black hat seo illigal ? Well i don't think so but it will not last very long in the SERP's Read this article of Black hat SEO: http://www.hype2day.com/Article/Is-black-hat-seo-illegal--/569 I don't think it's illegal if you're not over doing it.
I wish large blue fonts were illegal...Black hat SEO is only illegal if you break actual laws in your relevant jurisdiction, breaking the TOS of a site is not illegal.
Is the cops going to break down your door and arrest you. Of course not! It is against the terms of many of the Search Engines and could end with your site be banned from Google and others. It is often a waste of time and money because you could end up with more damage to your site than the benefit you would receive. Just be ethical and do things the right way.
Couldn't agree more - and if you must use an annoyingly large font - and if everybody else on the forum manages without it I don't why one poster thinks his contribution deserves to be shouted at us - at least spell all the words correctly. Anyway - to get back to the topic - most of what is considered blackhat is against the terms of service of specific sites, but not breaking any laws - there are a few blackhat techniques that may be illegal, if you're actually hacking sites or cookie st...no I didn't say that
alot of people are confused about black hat , white hat , grey hat stuff. well just keep this thing in mind if you are not decieving someone into doing something which they are unaware of then its ok but if you are making someone do which he would have not done if he knew about it then its black hat and not appreciated by any search engine
Yeah, i think it's just about the name... Black hat, grey hat, white hat, or even no hat Just do it on smart way, and you'll get the benefit
For ur kind information first read DP rules and then pass comments to others. Using large fonts is not illegal or against rules until it contain any link or promotion offer. first read and understand then give ur reply. And second thing i am not using this large font first time.....................
There is no White Hat, Black Hat, or Gray Hat. There are SEO techniques that are acceptable to the SEs. And then there are SEO techniques that are not. And there are SEO techniques that are ahead of the SEs. To use the word "illegal", is taking the topic out of context. It makes "getting your SEO butt kicked" an act that must be reported to the police. But in what city? State? Country? Search Engine? If these people would spend more time learning their trade, they would find that most Black Hat programmers are very good at SEO and are pushing the limits. It makes Google's team better, the programmers better and gives the whiner something to write about. And I like Big fonts!
No it's not illegal, just like cookie stuffing is not which is a big black hat technique but can result in getting your affiliate accounts banned. The only thing black hat that would be considered illegal I guess would be mass email spamming which can get you put in jail like it has for some people already.
The act of cookie stuffing is not illegal. However, it leads to fraud which is a crime and could result in either a law suit or jail time or both. There a few famous webmasters who are learning that right now.
You know you are right that Google is not Government of ur country or even my country but i wanna tell you google has it's own government in internet marketing. And if you go against it's rule then surely you wud get punishment. And i hope that you know very well about punishment that is your site get ban in Google country.......................... So always try to follow guidelines of google government if you wanna make your site a responsible and famous citizen of Google Country.................. And about big fonts i wanna say i like them that's why i am using and main thing it's under the DP rule. So i don't care about u. If u r getting annoying then that's ur prob. I can't do any thing..................
Blackhat is illegal from a CIVIL law standpoint.. ie: a company agrees to pay you a commission for an action and if you use Blackhat techniques to game the commission then they could bring a civil prosecution against you for breach of contract.. This is exactly what eBay is doing to shawn hogan the founder of digital point. If you do blackhat you better be smart!
I know it but i wanna make u realize as u said black hat is legal and google is not a government.......................