Comments on: When White Hat SEO Turns Black

By: DotShot

DotShot — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:17:23 +0000

I know this is an older entry but I know a few of my clients (after working with them) are less than ethical in their business practice. In the SEO industry you cannot be to picky on your clients since the indstry is so saturated. I made a new rule that I research our clients and see what they are really in to before working with them. It has been paying off in karma I think. Nice article.

By: seo4whitehats

seo4whitehats — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:36:23 +0000

What a monster, of a company. Nexus Labs is a shaddy company. I have researched them also. Some SEO Companies are no better, I had a client today, for whom I was starting seo service, and his website didnt even have meta tags, yet he has hired several SEO companies before me.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:41:41 +0000

Well, some companies just let their seo professionals loose and tell them to get their clients to the top of google. It may largely depend on the individual to discern whether or not the site they are promoting is in fact actually going to benefit humanity and actually help someone. I know someone who bought a diamond ring from nexus labs and is happy with it. I think he paid something like $400 for his 1 carat diamond ring. In the dim light, I could tell it wasn’t real with my naked eye considering my diamond viewing experience though. But in the sun light it looked great. I wouldn’t say that it couldn’t be scratched though, and I doubt they are what are known as “cultured lab diamonds” actually made in a lab under condensed heat and pressure. Whether it scratches or not, I don’t know, but I would probably go for a lab diamond, not the kind that nexuslabs makes, but an actual cultured lab diamond made with compressed heat and heated carbon the same way natural diamond are developed.

By: SEO White Hats

SEO White Hats — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:31:46 +0000

Great point Nelson! White Hat SEO isn’t just about the techniques that you execute, but it is also a overall way of how you run your SEO company.

To this point, we have an internal moral committee that will review the business that we are potentially doing business with AFTER our initial sales call but before we submit a proposal. I am not trying to say that we are above ‘reproach’, but we not try to stay White Hat with our SEO, but also with our business relationships.

Great Post!

By: Email Marketing Tools

Email Marketing Tools — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:05:09 +0000

Useful information for SEO beginners. This is really a great topic, improving my PR. Thanks for sharing

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:22:51 +0000

I guess it comes down to the individuals morals. Personally I wouldn’t work for gambling or tobacco companies, they’ve been deceiving people for years.

By: Nelson James

Nelson James — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:49:48 +0000

Interesting thought. I think that “white hat” spans a little further than just creating something of value that people will naturally link to. If that were the case, would any type of off-page optimization be considered black?

We have a lot of clients that have something of value to a particular niche, but they struggle to build natural links because they either have no visibility or their particular demographic isn’t internet savvy enough to link out. For these clients, it becomes almost a necessity to supplement the ‘natural’ links with what I would define as a white hat link building campaign.

By: Toni Anicic

Toni Anicic — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:03:53 +0000

If some page is on first page of Google thanks to white page SEO techniques, this means it received lots of natural white hat backlinks. The only way to receive natural backlinks is to have something of value that people will link to. So if ther eis no content of value that you’re promoting, you’re not actually doing white hat SEO, or are you?

By: Brett Widmann

Brett Widmann — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:48:07 +0000

I am happy you decided to dig deeper on this company. I get the feeling that this will become a rising trend for scam companies trying to make a quick dollar. If I were given the opportunity to work with a scam company, I would turn down the offer and state that it impacts my moral and ethic integrity as an SEO provider. Let the company attempt to find someone else to do their dirty work. Karma will return the favor in the future.