Using black hat SEO is a way to get rankings in an unethical manner. It’s frowned upon by the search engines and can result in getting some big penalties. Black hat SEO tactics include meta tag and content keyword stuffing, cloaking (the search engines see the text, the visitors don’t), and paying for links. While those are the most common techniques, here’s one that might not be discussed as often: hacking the competition.

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Written by businessavante
4696 days ago

Hi Nick.

If it was just the spam presented above, it could be a competitor - or just a smart-ass spammer getting over, proving 'they're smart & you're dumb' (in their own warped, dark little world).

Question: At what point does it become criminal? Isn't tampering with someone else's 'property' against the law? Them buying links is unethical, not criminal, but tampering with someone else's site?

Duncan



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