Comments on: Don’t Wait Until You Get Burned to See the Value of White Hat SEO!

By: Tiny Malone

Tiny Malone — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:53:05 +0000

Good article Nick, and well put Pete. It amazes me how people still fall for this lowest common denominator SEO service and advertising. News Flash: SEO takes skill and TIME. Neither of which are free, much less $99 a month. However, I don’t know how many times a black hat (LAZY) firm has allowed me to ride in on the white horse. Its just the issue of having to undo all of the crap they do (or dont do) that is the PITA.

By: Ryann @ IRPeX

Ryann @ IRPeX — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:18:05 +0000

Great post Nick, basing from a little experience and from what I understand, you get it easy, you lose it easier, such with SEO, with lights on, a dark campaign wouldn’t last long.

By: Darcy

Darcy — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:04:01 +0000

I was thinking of sharing our local small town tourism site with some large linked in travel professional groups to offer some sort of cross linking campaign with others in the world travel industry. Could this be considered a black hat strategy?

By: Randy Berardi

Randy Berardi — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:18:23 +0000

Nick,
I get a lot of “stuff” from other SEO companies in my e mail.Most of which I delete before reading.You,however get my attention,deliver your message,and stay on topic.Thanks writing on this W H SEO topic and always helping us out.
Randy

By: Pete Johnson

Pete Johnson — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:16:06 +0000

Timely topic and dead right on. I might add that, even for companies that have had bad or marginal experiences with shady or black hat SEO providers, the investment with a white hat house may look like the same animal but, in the absence of all the red flags of a typically shady campaign, is going to accomplish more for you in the long term than anything you could do in the short term. Just ask JC Penney and Overstock.com.