The Great Black Hat Question

[R. V. Datmir]

Everybody here is interested in Black Hat tactics to win online sales, but nobody starts with it without reason, so I ask this question, what sort of business are you in and why did you turn to black hat marketing?

 

[TomTheCat]

This forum turned into a white hat marketing forum in the last years. In the old days, here were good tips for black hats. In my case, after trying white hat, and seeing the falls and also what you have to do to keep the business running...I've decided to go black hat. More profitable and I don't care (I don't put emotions anymore in my business).

 

[VirtualNomad]

Seems like blackhat is like going to the casino... there’s the glamour of potentially winning big!

 

[Leader777]

The only reason was finding the voodo method for google ranking

 

[kais1986]

Nobody want to share his black hat tricks, tactics or methods for free

 

[R. V. Datmir]

Seems like blackhat is like going to the casino... there’s the glamour of potentially winning big!

That sounds like a psychologically valid reason...

 

[R. V. Datmir]

Nobody want to share his black hat tricks, tactics or methods for free

Of course they don't! That would defeat the purpose. I have no interest in other people's secrets, but I am very curious what drives them to use black hat tactics to begin with. And Black Hat World seemed like a good place to study some of the frustrations of online marketing.

 

[SeRptrIx]

Each one will have a different story, in their point of view may be BHW could be the best place to fulfill their benefits, because they may be dissatisfied with other internet marketing.

 

[SEO Champ]

In short, Blackhat is a place where people are able to share ideas and seek advice from other members. this is what drives me to this world

 

[SirLouen]

In the old days were algos were lineal blackhat made a lot of sense. Nowadays we can still find some lineal algos that are worth exploiting/black hatting, but when you talk about SEO, it's like a lottery. You will never know how the new AI will impact your method, so the risky factor only makes it worthy for extremely profitable niches in a short period of time or for cloudy affiliates, which need fast results in a short period of time.

Meanwhile I would not fully reject BH techniques for SEO, but done in the background, just for the sake of building a covert stronger reputation which is the secret sauce of the 99% of the sites that have gone big in a relatively short period of time.

 

[Manjeet Kaur]

My business is copywriting, its "blackhatness" is in my country I don't work officially so I don't pay taxes as well as my employers