Richardsonco
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- Sep 2, 2026
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SEO keeps changing, so I am curious what people are testing these days.
What is one tactic that has surprised you with its results?
What is one tactic that has surprised you with its results?
What Black Hat SEO Tactics Are Working Lately?
- Thread starter Richardsonco
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WHITE CAT SEO
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- Jul 29, 2026
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One thing that has surprised me is how improving existing content and internal linking can help when combined with a few relevant, quality backlinks. I have seen small, focused changes outperform more aggressive tactics in some projects.
joecal
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- Jun 20, 2021
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can you elaborate on "improving existing content"? are you talking about some basic onpage, like TDH? or something more sophisticated?
kekor
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- Jun 29, 2026
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I were actually quite surprised by the uses of expired domains that have clean histories compared to spam blitses recently.
- May 30, 2019
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runttechworld
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- Feb 22, 2022
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be careful with tactics that rely on manipulating search results since they can be unstable Testing stronger content relevant links and technical improvements tends to give more sustainable data over time.
trent bolt
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- Jun 18, 2026
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indeed, internal linking is often overlooked, but it can influence the way Google interprets page authority and relevance. I always verify this before implementing any other big changes to my website.
- May 27, 2016
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Yep cloaking+grey or black hat ads on Facebook=quick profit.
- Sep 15, 2021
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Silo structure backlinks is one of the strategy is really working these days!
archar
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- Jun 19, 2026
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Yes, short-term techniques could help with rankings; however, they would be less reliable. In my opinion, I would like to test new content, quality backlinks, and technical issues, analyzing the results.
Sophia Ally
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- Jan 22, 2022
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One area worth testing is expired domain seo, especially when the domain has a strong, relevant history, relevance & clean backlink profiles seem to matter more than simply chasing high dr or large backlink counts
SmirkSmith
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- Aug 28, 2023
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One tactic that surprised me is updating older content instead of always creating new pages. Refreshing outdated sections, improving search intent coverage and adding relevant internal links has brought noticeable traffic improvements.
ricardiniar3
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- Jun 25, 2022
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I’ve noticed some aggressive tactics can work for a while but they’re rarely stable For me testing stronger internal linking and expired domain strategies has been more interesting than chasing short-term tricks
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Personally, I’ve seen more consistent results from things like expired-domain experiments, parasite pages, and aggressive link testing when they’re carefully controlled, but I wouldn’t treat any of them as a stable long-term strategy.
- Mar 28, 2013
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High-authority expired domain redirects have been working surprisingly well for fast indexation and quick authority boosts.
liamparker88
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- Jun 27, 2026
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Scraping expired high DA drops, setting up multi level redirects and placing parasite cloaked pages in high trust web 2.0s is what is really bypassing the sandbox at present tbh