Is BlackHat out of date?

[TheSub]

Hi,

I worked since 10 years on it. But I think since 2 years the BH and other building bring a little only since years. So looking for a new business.
I see in a lot of forums, that the active users a lower than years.

What you think?

 

[RobertTheShark]

Things have become harder. Google and other search engines are improving themself everyday, detecting pushed content better and better. And also a lot of the users aren't as stupid as they used to be, I remember good ol' sharecash + YouTube, it was like the easiest way to make money from 2009 - 2012.

I would not say "BlackHat" is out of date, but in general Internet Marketing becomes harder than it used to be.

 

[CjTheFish]

White hat is the way to go these days IMO

 

[MisterF]

Blackhat isn't out of date, just that times change and what worked 2 years, 5 years or 10 years don't work ( as effectively ) now as back then.

Often we get people who think blackhat is the be all and end all of seo, that buying 2 PBN links will rocket them to page 1 of Google for keyword buy viagra.

 

[awesomewebsites]

Hi,

I worked since 10 years on it. But I think since 2 years the BH and other building bring a little only since years. So looking for a new business.
I see in a lot of forums, that the active users a lower than years.

What you think?

If we go by the popularity of this forum, it is still alive. But you might have seen that such services are decreasing here also.