{"id":11,"date":"2023-04-05T19:45:26","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T19:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tijaar.net\/?p=11"},"modified":"2023-04-25T15:48:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:48:54","slug":"confessions-of-a-retired-black-hat-seo-7-crazy-tactics-that-yielded-big-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tijaar.net\/?p=11","title":{"rendered":"Confessions of a Retired Black Hat SEO: 7 Crazy Tactics That Yielded Big Gains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Confessions of a Retired Black Hat SEO: 7 Crazy Tactics That Yielded Big Gains<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:20px\">When I started my career in search engine optimization, I was 16 years old. And, just like most 16-year-olds, I didn\u2019t worry much about search engine \u201cconsequences.\u201d In my fairytale world, they didn\u2019t really exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">We all learn to know better as we age, but you have to keep in mind that I was naive. When I started my journey into the world of SEO strategy, I didn\u2019t worry about the search engine rules<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\">If you fast forward to today, I don\u2019t leverage or practice black hat SEO or other negative SEO techniques when it comes to internet marketing. After all, there are plenty of above-board&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/neilpatel.com\/blog\/10-advanced-seo-techniques-thatll-double-your-search-traffic\/\" target=\"_blank\">SEO tactics<\/a>&nbsp;to turn to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">So, what is black hat SEO, exactly?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">Black hat strategies involve everything from keyword stuffing and private blog networks (PBNs) to content automation and tiered link building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">Most of those strategies get a bad rap for a good reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">But there is one thing you should keep in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">Black hat SEO is simply a good strategy gone wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:20px\">If I could do it all over again, I wouldn\u2019t have dabbled in the art of the dark side.&nbsp;<em>Why?<\/em>&nbsp;Because if I had spent all that time and energy on legitimate search engine optimization tactics, I would have created a much larger long-term business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confessions of a Retired Black Hat SEO: 7 Crazy Tactics [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tijaar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tijaar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tijaar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tijaar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tijaar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tijaar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tijaar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tijaar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tijaar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tijaar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}