by BlackHatKnight December 28, 2005
(Somebody using) optimization tricks that artificially boost search engines rankings, using methods that usually break the search engines' TOS.
Examples of blackhat techniques are cloaking, stuffing pages with keywords or links and using unnatural redirects.
The term was inspired by old western movies' villains always wearing a black cowboy hat.
Examples of blackhat techniques are cloaking, stuffing pages with keywords or links and using unnatural redirects.
The term was inspired by old western movies' villains always wearing a black cowboy hat.
by BlackHatKnight June 05, 2005
(Somebody using) optimization tricks that artificially boost search engines rankings, using methods that usually break the search engines' TOS.
Examples of blackhat techniques are cloaking, stuffing pages with keywords or links and using unnatural redirects.
The term was inspired by old western movies' villains always using a black cowboy hat.
Examples of blackhat techniques are cloaking, stuffing pages with keywords or links and using unnatural redirects.
The term was inspired by old western movies' villains always using a black cowboy hat.
by Blackhatknight July 16, 2008