How effective is Black Hat today?

[LasVegas702]

Hey all...

Saw this article. Apparently Expedia is getting docked for using "unnatural links"

http://mashable.com/2014/01/23/expedia-google-search-penalty/

The question is: How are black hat methods helping in 2014?

 

[Wilson Grant Fisk]

Haha, they were busted by Skyrocket lol.

Blackhat still works in 2014, just be sensible.

 

[uyuyuy99]

There will always be working blackhat methods, no matter how much Google tries to put a stop to them. Just tread carefully.

 

[ZeroDouble]

Provided you follow certain best practices (and sometimes even if you don't lol) black hat SEO is still working just fine, at least for me anyway.

 

[SyZygy]

Yes, it works, but it's not that cheap as what it was.

I remember a few years back when just one service for $100 would blast 5 keywords in to the top 3 on Google, now it's more like $500 for several SEO services.

 

[d3t0x]

very effective still

 

[xenergy81]

Mix it with some white hat method in tier 1 - it's so powerful!!

 

[davids355]

Very effective without a doubt. Just don't get caught

 

[Automation247]

Black hat methods always will work.

 

[drake_designer]

Still very effective. Just stay cautious

 

[mickyfu]

It died last week, so I read.

 

[Paper-Boy]

There will always be ways to manipulate the "system".

 

[bihguy]

It worked this morning.

 

[altopluma]

Hello. May I know what do you mean with "unnatural links" please? Do you mean it's generating dynamic links every time?

 

[SPQR]

How effective is it? Maybe you should read around this forum. Surely the several thousand active visitors are wasting their time?

 

[Javado]

If it doesn't then this section would be inactive.

 

[mickyfu]

I just like buying spammy links for something to spend my MaccyD wages on. It is the taking part that counts.

 

[SPQR]

I just like buying spammy links for something to spend my MaccyD wages on. It is the taking part that counts.

Fiverr bros for life?

 

[TehEpidemick]

It's effective if done correctly

 

[ArtVandelay]

Haha, they were busted by Skyrocket lol.

Yeah I remember reading that article by Skyrocket a few months ago and having my eyes opened to what's happening even on a corporate level. (Link to post)

Though IMO they'll do what they did to RapGenius - slap their wrist then put them right back up to where they were.