is blackhat dead?

As long as you follow the herd here and try the exact same methods that are published here and don't think outside the box and don't use your god given noggin, then yes it's very dead, if not its alive and kicking more than ever before :)
 
Blackhat will never die, but it's becoming more and more difficult.
 
it will never die, the witty will always find a way. Please people stop asking these questions.
 
It still works like a charm. If you think some day BH SEO will "find a way", or "we just have to wait" ... then yes, BH SEO is dead for you. If you're waiting for the magical solution in the forums, then yes, BH SEO is dead to you.

Really, all you have to do is reverse engineer the guys who do it in competitive niches, find out what they do, monitor their position and see if it's a short term boost or a permanent kind of ranking, copy, profit.

That's the way BH SEO worked 7 years ago .. and guess what... it still works the same way. There are always loopholes with Google, now even more than before.

But frankly, I don't think anyone will "feed" you their whole strategy .. especially now, when things go haywire after being released to the public.
 
The only thing that's happened in the last few years is that as big sites got more aggressive litigation-wise, BH supporters have gotten more careful about openly promoting tactics that can be plausibly argued to be illegal. Some may take the 'anti-fraud' stance too far, saying all BH ideas that are accused of involving fraud must be shunned (which is a slippery slope, since nearly any clever method can be rhetorically spun as misrepresentation in some way), but the new approach has not 'killed' the effectiveness of the techniques themselves, just their open discussion.

Great writing skills you have brother.
 
Black hat is like an engery drink which will give you an instant boost, but you can't live on Redbull all your life. You got to have good food as well to live healthy. :)

Using Black hat methods to get that initial push and using white hat methods to ensure sustained results is a wise strategy.

that's probably the best analogy to explain using blackhat methods.
 
The question should really be, "Has the definition of black hat changed"
And the answer would be a resounding, screaming at the top of your lungs, fucking yes.
As has BHW itself.

If you're even using the words black hat and google in the same sentence it's proof that the definition has changed.

I've said this numerous times in the past, if you would have been on BHW in 2006, 2007 when it was early days, you would have seen black hat. Real black hat. Black hat techniques and methods that aren't even allowed to be discussed here anymore. And trust me, not one of them had anything to do with fucking SEO or gaming google.
 
Not dead, evolving just as Google is evolving. It's about change and adapting to change!
 
It's not a good thinking as you are trying to think but you should understand that black hat does not mean dishonesty.
 
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