Comments on: “Black Hat” SEO: How to get banned in 5 easy steps http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/03/black-hat-seo-how-to-get-banned-by-search-engines-in-5-easy-steps.html Tech' views that are 667% more interesting than the tech' news itself... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:47:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: SEO Master http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/03/black-hat-seo-how-to-get-banned-by-search-engines-in-5-easy-steps.html#comment-3675 SEO Master Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:44:10 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/03/black-hat-seo-how-to-get-banned-by-search-engines-in-5-easy-steps.html#comment-3675 And we have to take care of Black Hat SEO SQL Injection. The hackers injects some malicious code that generates html links to the sites they want. These links just appears for googlebot, difficulting the webmasters discover. Sometimes the google central webmasters alerts about this, sometimes not. The site can be penalized and the webmaster don't know why! It's a very difficult situation and is more common to php and asp sites. Be careful. And we have to take care of Black Hat SEO SQL Injection.

The hackers injects some malicious code that generates html links to the sites they want. These links just appears for googlebot, difficulting the webmasters discover. Sometimes the google central webmasters alerts about this, sometimes not. The site can be penalized and the webmaster don’t know why!

It’s a very difficult situation and is more common to php and asp sites.

Be careful.

]]> By: Shirley http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/03/black-hat-seo-how-to-get-banned-by-search-engines-in-5-easy-steps.html#comment-3548 Shirley Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:59:52 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/03/black-hat-seo-how-to-get-banned-by-search-engines-in-5-easy-steps.html#comment-3548 Yes, the worst thing about Black Hat SEO is that sometimes they out-compete legitimate websites. But that also goes the same for conventional SEO tactics. I have seen some highly optimized websites outrank other sites whose content really is more relevant. For example some directory sites might outrank a website for its own domain name! Yes, the worst thing about Black Hat SEO is that sometimes they out-compete legitimate websites.

But that also goes the same for conventional SEO tactics. I have seen some highly optimized websites outrank other sites whose content really is more relevant. For example some directory sites might outrank a website for its own domain name!

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/03/black-hat-seo-how-to-get-banned-by-search-engines-in-5-easy-steps.html#comment-3045 Wayne Smallman Wed, 28 May 2008 21:21:46 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/03/black-hat-seo-how-to-get-banned-by-search-engines-in-5-easy-steps.html#comment-3045 It's pretty amazing to think I inspired someone to make such a wonderful comment. Makes all the research and the writing worth while. Feels like a straight thanks doesn't quite cut it, but I'll say it anyway: thanks! It’s pretty amazing to think I inspired someone to make such a wonderful comment. Makes all the research and the writing worth while.

Feels like a straight thanks doesn’t quite cut it, but I’ll say it anyway: thanks!

]]> By: Fat Lester http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/03/black-hat-seo-how-to-get-banned-by-search-engines-in-5-easy-steps.html#comment-3039 Fat Lester Wed, 28 May 2008 19:49:26 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/03/black-hat-seo-how-to-get-banned-by-search-engines-in-5-easy-steps.html#comment-3039 This is kind of off-topic, but my comment has more to do with the subject of person-to-person communications. I am a regular reader of the NowSourcing blog. Admittedly, while I enjoyed your recent guest post, I didn't really pay attention to the author's name, and likely would not have recognized it were I to see it on a billboard along the highway. That is until you tracked me down on Mixx, and thanked me for the comment I left at NowSourcing. Upon receiving that, I searched NS for "Wayne Smallman", found which post was yours, re-read it, and clicked through to your own site. I have read a number of your articles within the past 90 minutes, and I think it is safe to say that you have converted me into a regular reader. This just goes to show that the time and effort required to pursue blackhat SEO techniques is much better spent building meaningful relationships with real readers. There is something to be learned from this experience, and for that you should be commended, Mr. Smallman. This is kind of off-topic, but my comment has more to do with the subject of person-to-person communications.

I am a regular reader of the NowSourcing blog. Admittedly, while I enjoyed your recent guest post, I didn’t really pay attention to the author’s name, and likely would not have recognized it were I to see it on a billboard along the highway.

That is until you tracked me down on Mixx, and thanked me for the comment I left at NowSourcing. Upon receiving that, I searched NS for “Wayne Smallman”, found which post was yours, re-read it, and clicked through to your own site. I have read a number of your articles within the past 90 minutes, and I think it is safe to say that you have converted me into a regular reader.

This just goes to show that the time and effort required to pursue blackhat SEO techniques is much better spent building meaningful relationships with real readers.

There is something to be learned from this experience, and for that you should be commended, Mr. Smallman.

]]> By: Andy MacDonald http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/03/black-hat-seo-how-to-get-banned-by-search-engines-in-5-easy-steps.html#comment-2437 Andy MacDonald Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:02:39 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/03/black-hat-seo-how-to-get-banned-by-search-engines-in-5-easy-steps.html#comment-2437 Thanks for the comments guys; however i cant totally agree with your comment Jeff. If you were to write, lets say some keywords onto a page which you wanted to hide from your users, and you did hide it by using css to put an image over the top of the text, that can be construed of black hat techniques because your hiding content from your users. Anything which is not visible to the users but is viewable to the search spiders is 'usually' spam. The only acception to this is if you were to use html comments in the source code of a page which the search engines ignore. There has been a lot of talk over the last few years about this exact practice and many webmasters have been delisted as a result of this type of practice, therefore id recommend you don't try these kinds of tactics if your aiming for top rankings. Thanks for the comments guys; however i cant totally agree with your comment Jeff. If you were to write, lets say some keywords onto a page which you wanted to hide from your users, and you did hide it by using css to put an image over the top of the text, that can be construed of black hat techniques because your hiding content from your users.

Anything which is not visible to the users but is viewable to the search spiders is ‘usually’ spam. The only acception to this is if you were to use html comments in the source code of a page which the search engines ignore. There has been a lot of talk over the last few years about this exact practice and many webmasters have been delisted as a result of this type of practice, therefore id recommend you don’t try these kinds of tactics if your aiming for top rankings.

]]> By: Jeff Louella http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/03/black-hat-seo-how-to-get-banned-by-search-engines-in-5-easy-steps.html#comment-2436 Jeff Louella Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:45:50 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/03/black-hat-seo-how-to-get-banned-by-search-engines-in-5-easy-steps.html#comment-2436 Using CSS to overlay an image of, let's say, a first level header, is not black hat SEO. As long as the copy in the HTML and the header image are the same, there is no reason you will be banned for this. This is how web pages are intended to be built. Removing style and functionality from the content are best practices in web development. It aids in code weight, accessibility, maintenance, and portability. It does not break any search engines code of conduct and is even used by yahoo's own website. Using CSS to overlay an image of, let’s say, a first level header, is not black hat SEO. As long as the copy in the HTML and the header image are the same, there is no reason you will be banned for this. This is how web pages are intended to be built. Removing style and functionality from the content are best practices in web development. It aids in code weight, accessibility, maintenance, and portability. It does not break any search engines code of conduct and is even used by yahoo’s own website.

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/03/black-hat-seo-how-to-get-banned-by-search-engines-in-5-easy-steps.html#comment-2435 David Bradley Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:23:25 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/03/black-hat-seo-how-to-get-banned-by-search-engines-in-5-easy-steps.html#comment-2435 Yes, all of those techniques can work very well...in the short term. Serial blackhatters couldn't care less about the long-term of an individual site, they just create a new one and pile in with all these various approaches, and when that site gets banned, the build a new one(s). db Yes, all of those techniques can work very well…in the short term. Serial blackhatters couldn’t care less about the long-term of an individual site, they just create a new one and pile in with all these various approaches, and when that site gets banned, the build a new one(s).

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