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Originally Posted by AaronM
A fellow GFYer "helped" one of my pages to reach a #2 listing by employing some black hat techniques. It has stayed there for over 2 years. Now, it's on page 6.
However, I have many other top 10 SE results that got to where they are naturally and although they are moving around a little, most of them are still on the first page.
Overall, I'm not seeing much impact and what I am seeing is deserved. I'm VERY happy that I did not take that persons advice and learn how to do the crooked shit as right about now things would be totally fucked.  |
Long time no talk. How you been Aaron?
The crooked stuff is ok, if that is the game you're playing. When you play that game you buy throwaway domains, smash the shit out of them, collect your money for 3-4 months, and by the time its' gone, you have another one coming up in the rankings just like it for when the first one gets destroyed.
Those dark arts are just fine for stuff like penis pills, viagra, pay day loans, etc, anything that is lead generation and you don't want to brand.
Whoever the knucklehead was that suggested you blackhat a domain that is possibly your brand is pretty much brain dead.
Black hat is like witchcraft. In the wrong hands you can really mess shit up, and not in a good way.
Hope you're well!