Black hat SEO tools

Honestly don’t try these on line, full disclaimers against any suitability applies here. We are so not responsible for anything anyone does.

Ever wonder exactly how black hat SEO folks do what they do? Ever wonder exactly where all your hard worked blog and news entries end up, or if someone is scraping content from your site and doing things with it that were unimaginable say 4 years ago? The whole idea of SEO is to get links, get links and get google ranking or google juice. Some SEO companies are good, some SEO companies are well, ethically challenged along the way.

If you know how they are doing it, you know exactly what not to do, and if you SEO company starts being ethically challenged, then you might be able to do something that will stop the train wreck that happens when Google bans your site for using black hat SEO tactics.

Once of the better lists of black hat SEO tools is here.

There is a funny paradox that has evolved in SEO. SEO “ethics” have actually become a “unique selling point” rather than just standards. Is it less ethical to use cutting edge techniques that are not consistent with search engine terms of service than it is to take on a client that is in an industry that utilizes “darker hat” techniques in order to be competitive? Source: Stuntdubl.com

There are a number of tools listed at Stuntdubl, and we highly recommend that you do not use them to do evil things, rather if someone starts talking about these kinds of tools, at least you know the name of the tool, and then can seriously question if the SEO company has it together.

The idea for SEO is to rank higher in Google and other search engines, not kill your site. Its worth repeating as a mantra as you deal with everyone, higher rank, not the “alternative index”.

Learn these names:

LJ Markov Random Text Generator
WidgetBaiting from StrangeLogic
Auto Computer Science Paper Generator
Articlebot
Nonsense Generator
Constant Content
Content Samurai
Article Equalizer
Yahoo Creative Commons search
Google News RSS Converter
RSSInjector

Leaning about the tools of Black Hat SEO is important, as well as understanding the implications for their use. While generally not recommended, they are worth asking your SEO company if they use them and if they say “yes” then move along.

This just might be the best screening tool for a company, ask about the dark side, and if they know about it, abandon them.