SEO Black Hat Brain vs. White Hat Brain [PIC]
October 23, 2007 by Pablo Palatnik
So, people are always comparing the white hat SEOs to the Black hat SEOs and different techniques used. I think most SEOs these days flirt with the Grey Hat area, and with competition getting harder and harder for several industries (or all), they tend to also use black hat techniques. These may seem oldschool. What am I missing? Wrong about? Speak your mind.
[UPDATE: Everyone, thanks for your comments, the brains are changing with your comments!]
Comments (12)
Michael Streko
October 23rd, 2007 at 1:55 pm
what is clocking? i want to try it.
Michael Streko
October 23rd, 2007 at 2:42 pm
fixed ftw!
Also, with the blackhat brain I would put “speed” in there. from what i have seen time and speed is almost always a factor with blackhat techniques
Pablo Palatnik
October 23rd, 2007 at 2:45 pm
I fixed it now =). Cloaking.
fantomaster
October 23rd, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Make-an-SEO-Brain as work-in-progress? Great idea!
Some further suggestions:
WH Brain: Dominant factor (maybe in red?) - ETHICS
BH Brain: Dominant factor - AUTOMATION
More BH brain stuff: ‘Hidden text’ is out - suggest replacing with ‘Trackback spam’
‘Doorway pages’ are out, too - suggest replacing with ‘XSS exploits’
WH Brain: ‘Link Buying?’ - with question mark
BH Brain: ‘Link Buying!’ - with exclamation mark
Just a few thoughts. Keep it up!
Pablo Palatnik
October 23rd, 2007 at 3:20 pm
The blackhat brain has been updated =). I think hidden text is still in a black hat SEOs mind. Maybe not as used, still def something tried.
Nick Wilsdon
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:09 pm
Hmm white hats have much less going on in their brains
Seriously though, I’d agree with Ralph about the link buying. I even saw someone called themselves a white-hat link buyer the other day, as they always get them from relevant sites. There’s a load of confusion about that topic (not helped by Google) and most people are smart enough to understand that money comes into the process in one form or another.
Andy Beard
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:19 pm
WH Brain - I want my website to rank
BH Brain - Some of this S#$% might stick
WH Brain - In 12 months you might start ranking
BH Brain - Yesterday isn’t soon enough
fantomaster
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:51 pm
@Nick: Expectably, I’ll second that (including the wh brain activity bit).
@Andy: Spot on, as usual.
Maybe we could add that Matt Cutts picture in the black hat brain, too - with a bull’s eye overlay. (Nothing personal, heh…)
fantomNews
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:58 pm
SEO Brains in Progress - Black and White
In what’s evolving into something of a collaborative effort, Pablo Palatnik on Palatnikfactor blog has started out with a mindmap analyzing the typical brains of a white hat and a black hat SEO. Good fun stuff.
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Marcop
October 25th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
WH - FIVE YEAR AND PK 1? OWwwwwwwwwww S….!
I need friends!
BH - HAUHAuahuhuahuHAUHAUAHUahauUahuHUAHU!
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