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What is Black Hat SEO?

I’ve heard of black hat SEO and I want to make sure I’m not doing it! :)

Any guidelines that you can provide to keep me in the “white” are appreciated.

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grannelle [ Editor ]

Unethical techniques used to artificially inflate search engine optimiztion, e.g. invisible text (black text keywords on black background; cannot be seen by human eye, but detected by bots), keyword stuffing (repetitive use of keywords on page), and doorway pages (highly optimized pages that redirect user to a different site). These and other Black-Hat SEO procedures are to be avoided, for if detected by search engines, can lead to expulsion from indices.

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awbrowni30

Grannelle, here’s a great book to keep you in the white: Search Engine Optimization.  One of the main things I try to suggest is studying your competition.  My effort isn’t always to get to the #1 slot, but to get to page one and sustain between positions 2-10.  Definitely be sure to make good use of the onsite optimization (keyword, titles, meta, alt, hyperlink, sitemap, url seo friendly pages).

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spacecowboy
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It’s a funny thing that I often go for the second or third listing rather than the first they eye seems more naturally drawn to them

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