{"id":21496,"date":"2018-02-15T14:57:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T14:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fifteen-staging.fifteen.dev\/blog\/how-to-become-a-pro-at-black-hat-seo\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T10:36:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T09:36:22","slug":"how-to-become-a-pro-at-black-hat-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fifteendesign.co.uk\/blog\/how-to-become-a-pro-at-black-hat-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Become a Pro at Black Hat SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all want those juicy top rankings. There are a few people who will do anything to get to them. These swindlers are often misguided at heart and look to game the system in their favour. These underhanded techniques are known as Black Hat SEO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: Beware this does contain sarcasm. (A lot<\/em> of sarcasm)<\/p>\n

To take us through this I’d like to introduce you to a notorious character within SEO…Mr.Metabasher.<\/p>\n

Hello, everybody.<\/p>\n

Why just stick to just an optimised site when you could go well above and beyond that? Admittedly, there’s no such thing as being too good. (But<\/em>, there is such a thing as being too cocky!) Over-optimisation could come in many forms.<\/p>\n

Here are a few tips and tricks on how you can join the dark side of SEO.<\/p>\n

Keyword Stuffing<\/h2>\n

\"Keyword<\/p>\n

Saying the keyword many times can make the keyword seem more of a keyword, right? Some might say that the bots are smart enough and this is a very old practice. That’s not what we got into the business of Black Hat SEO for. Does keyword stuffing look natural to you? Who cares! There’s no better way to get your point across than repeating the word multiple times.<\/p>\n

Irrelevant Keywords<\/h2>\n

Another cheeky way to over optimise your website is by throwing a whole concoction of irrelevant keywords just to rank. Also, by adding variations of that word which could include;<\/p>\n