Archive for September, 2009

So the other day one of our readers came across Matt Cutt’s in a dark alley (it just looks like a conference).  Fearing for his life, Matt Cutt’s had this to say about Link Spam: #af-form-1394620488 .af-body .af-textWrap{width:98%;display:block;float:none;} #af-form-1394620488 .af-body .privacyPolicy{color:#000000;font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;} #af-form-1394620488 .af-body a{color:#AA0101;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;} #af-form-1394620488 .af-body input.text, #af-form-1394620488 .af-body textarea{background-color:#FFFFFF;border-color:#000000;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:12px;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;} #af-form-1394620488 .af-body input.text:focus, [...]

I constantly get asked how to prevent being caught doing black hat by people who shouldn’t be doing it yet.  Either they don’t know enough about how things work, or are looking for an uber shortcut that will get them busted anyway.  There are some great rewards automating things, but there are also risks. Being [...]

A few of the posts in the Black Hat Experimental section deal with working with off line clients.  It’s one of the hardest things I ever do. Give me a keyword or phrase and tell me to rank it – I’m good to go. Tell me to build a network – I’m good to go. [...]

When I initially bought Black Hat Digest I had every intention of making it a blog where I just link off to other posts, code, etc… Never really worked out that way, but I did make a “digest” category where I planned to highlight other cool bloggers. Didn’t happen that way either Now it seems [...]

I’ve been working with another programmer for the last couple months making these HUGE database driven sites.   We’ve been keeping track of all of them and every single one has made us MORE than $50 per month with very little promotion. A couple we’ve sold off as soon as we built them for over $200 [...]