What is Black, Grey and White Hat SEO?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Australianfranchises, Feb 14, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hi Friends,
    Will you please let me know what is the meaning of these 3 terms,

    Black hat SEO,
    Grey hat SEO
    White hat SEO ???

    Regards,
    James.
     
    Australianfranchises, Feb 14, 2008 IP
  2. Jaysonnhs

    Jaysonnhs Active Member

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    Black Hat SEO - a group of experienced search engine optimization experts that wear black hats.
    Grey Hat SEO - a group of younger and older search engine optimization experts that wear both black and white hats.
    White Hat SEO - a group of experienced search engine optimization experts that wear white hats.

    I think most new SEOs are grey hats and experience SEOs are white and black hat SEOs.

    I'd draw you a Venn Diagram but I don't have a pen.

    Honestly though -

    Black hat SEOs basically do things that game the search engines - they like GREAT INSTANT results.

    Grey hat SEOs use some tactics that Black Hat SEOs use but try not to get noticed and when you ask them they swear that they're white hat SEOs. They do white hat SEO tactics too - they walk the line

    White hat SEOs diligently work to optimize websites while adhering to the rules of the Googler.
     
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    thanks for the info jaysonnhs!
     
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    Mitchelle Johnson Banned

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    As far as i know,
    Black hat seo - unethical seo techniques
    White hat seo - ethical seo techniques

    I don't know grey seo techniques...
     
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  5. Australianfranchises

    Australianfranchises Peon

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    Grey Hat, it might be the combination of Black Hat and White Hat...
    What you think for the same...?
     
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    saadahmed007 Admínistratör

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    white hat = building regular websites
    black hat = spamming websites
    grey hat = mixture of both
     
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    CaffinePhil Banned

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    I've also seen the term blue hat, is this another one that would fall into the grey category or is it just pick a colour time.
     
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    I can never really see a consencus on this. Some people say black hat involves cloacking, automated link spamming and scrapping. Others say to buy a link is black hat. There really seems to be a wide range of opinion at where the line is drawn. I think to google, anything that does not rigourously adhere to policy is black, they dont seem to see a grey.

    At the end of the day, I think a big issue is what quality are you giving your audience. Surely if your giving the sort of quality google wants to see at the top, you would be forgiven for some more minor transgressions?
     
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  9. Fraz!

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    Black Hat - spamindexing etc.... methods which have been defined by Google as n violation f the Google “Quality Guidelines” ...and may lead to site
    being removed frm google index....

    White hat - genuine.....not violating any ethics..... methods..NOT being contrary to the spirit of Google’s expressed quality....desires...

    Grey Hat - methods....which r considerd bad by som n not by many such as...cloaking, paid links, duplicate content etc

    dats vat i thnk it is....
    hope dat helps :)
     
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    Blackhat or Greyhat methods are not illegal.
     
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    Fraz! Well-Known Member

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    didn ment dat mate......

    corrected my mistakes....
     
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    The way I see it black hat techniques are in fact white hat techniques taken to the extreme.

    Take sub domains for example. If you have 3 or 4, you're white hat, if you have 20-30, you're gray hat, when the number reaches several millions all of them complete with autogenerated spam content, you're the king of black hat.

    Just my $0.02

    Regards, George
     
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    According to Google rules, Google does not support some technique these techniques are called Black Hat seo and the techniques which are supported by Google are white hat seo. And the mixture of black hat seo and white hat seo is known as gray hat seo.
     
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    White hat SEO means pure SEO.
    Grey hat SEO means some thing use by software.
    Black hat SEO means totally use software.

    Black hat SEO websites in search engines uper level some days and after some days. Got is down.

    Try to use White hat SEO for alive your website in search engines.
     
    Dewan sohan, Sep 24, 2011 IP