Some black hat tactics work for certain keywords, while other black hat tactics work for different keywords. In different countries, different types of black hat tactics seem to be working.
Here a list of black hat tactics that people are currently using
1. Building PBNs with fresh domains.They buy new domains and create a network of 100 websites ;a PBN, but with fresh, new websites that are completely related to their niche. They buy cheap $1–$2 domain extensions, host around 10 websites on a single shared IP, and then link to their main website from all 100 sites. They’re seeing results almost instantly, and the results are huge.
2. Buying old domains with powerful backlinks.They buy a few old domains that have backlinks from popular websites like the BBC and The New York Times. They then set up those domains and use a 301 redirect to point them to their own website.
3. Spamming .edu parasite pages.This is extremely popular right now. People create parasite websites on .edu domains, publish their complete website and affiliate offers there, and then spam the hell out of those .edu pages. In some niches, the top 10 results have five or more results using this exact tactic for extremely competitive keywords.
4. Using LinkedIn for AI rankings.For AI rankings, I saw someone heavily spam their website on LinkedIn. They probably used other techniques as well, but one thing that was clear to me is that spamming LinkedIn with links to your website may be helping with rankings in AI search engines.
There are many more black hat techniques people are using. You can observe a lot of them simply by looking at websites that are only around three months old but are already getting a hell loads of traffic.
Hope this helps.
