What is Gray Hat SEO?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Bryana, Nov 14, 2010.

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    I am new comer in seo field. I don't have enough knowledge about seo techniques. I have complete knowledge about Black hat and white hat seo.

    Some one tell me that what is Gray hat seo?
     
    Bryana, Nov 14, 2010 IP
  2. telxcomputers

    telxcomputers Member

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    gray hat seo combination of black hat seo or white hat seo, this is refer to link purchasing technique, by which link is purchased from high page rank website.




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  3. sunnymakkar

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    Black hat: This is Unethical SEO. Search Engine Optimization techniques that defy search engine TOS.
    White hat: an ethical SEO method that follows search engine TOS.
    Grey hat: an SEO using both methods.
     
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    dream party Active Member

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    Grey hat SEOers use both black hat SEO methods and white hat SEO methods. I think most of use are grey hat SEOers.
     
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    This is a type of seo that uses good (white) and manipulating techniques(black) when building their links...Some seo are just building links for promoting purposes only not giving informative posts...
     
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    Check this link http://www.johnon.com/220/white-hat-sissies.html. Post is old but I found it worth. So thought to share with you too.
     
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    rosesmark Active Member

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    it legal work for seo
     
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    I think gray seo is same as white hat seo.
     
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    Gray Hat SEO is difficult to define. In the words of SEO Consultant, John Andrews, Gray Hat SEO is not something between Black Hat and White Hat, but rather "the practice of tactics/techniques which remain ill-defined by published material coming out of Google, and for which reasonable people could disagree on how the tactics support or contrast with the spirit of Google’s published guidelines."
     
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    Is it safe to use grey hat SEO for a new site?
     
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    Hello~!! Bryana
    I m very Interested about this topic. And want to give u some of the best important information from my side.
    Gray Hat SEO – These are SEO tactics that cannot be termed either as ethical or unethical, but can be termed as something in between the two. It is unlikely that a site gets banned or can have negative affects on it, due to following Gray Hat SEO tactics.
    I hope it will help for ur website...:cool:
     
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    SEOmoz has a great video-lesson about White, Grey and Black hat SEO. Check out their website, it's very useful, especially for beginners.
     
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    If black hat seo tools are used to present the visitor/surfer with the information they were searching for then the tools has been put to a good use, not abused.

    This is what we call Gray Hat SEO.
     
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    If black hat seo tools are used to present the visitor/surfer with the information they were searching for then the tools has been put to a good use, not abused.

    This is what we call Gray Hat SEO.
     
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    Gray Hat SEO is the combination of both white hat and black hat SEO techniques. White hat is the ethical way of doing SEO and black hat is the unethical way of doing SEO.
     
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    Gray hat SEO walks the line between the white and black hats of search engine optimization. Gray hat SEO is SEO techniques that take more risks than white hat SEO techniques but aren't likely to get your site banned from search engines . They are questionable SEO techniques but not in the same category as black hat SEO techniques.
     
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    it is combination of black hat seo,which used the get high page rank in website
     
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    That's like saying "I think peanut butter is the same as jelly." It just doesn't work. 2 different things are not the same thing. Whitehat is purely ethical techniques. Grayhat incorporates unethical techniques.
     
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    you can say black and white hat techniques are like mom and dad and gray hat seo is like son of black and white. the son will do work which both mom and dad will like.
     
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    I don't see any difference between gray hat and black hat. Either way you will get a penalty if someone is to report your site :D
    That being said white hat SEO is simply not enough unless of course you have a multi-million budget to spend on advertising like YouTube or Facebook.
     
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