What is white hat seo for google penguin and google panda?
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Hi,
This is my 1st question to some experts. I need advice on link building.
Are following good and white hat seo?
1: Bookmarkings on top sites
2: Top directory submission, or directories that seomoz recommended?
3: Top article directories, yahoo voices, ezine etc..
4: Top web 2.0, wordpress, blogger, tumblr
5: Guest posts on quality blogs.
I was use to with black hat methods (by mistake) , that i was not aware, Some are pure blackhat, that i never did. some time it hard to judge which are black hat. In past google like some links, now most are devalue or got penalty.
Now i want to do quality seo work and slow process.
any advice will be great regarding quality seo.
Thanks.
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Hi Sajad,
Very good questions, and very relevant given recent industry updates. I thing Google is starting to get it right, and your decision to come over to the light side is a good signal of that. Bring your friends!
In my opinion, the key to implementing good SEO practices is to think like your target demographic... consumers and internet users that aren't involved in the digital marketing space, and simply want to find helpful, entertaining, relevant content as quickly and easily as possible.
I don't think any of the methods you listed would be considered black-hat, as long as you're doing them in moderation, on relevant sites, and not just for the sake of the linkjuice you're hoping to gain.
If you post something you think is genuinely helpful and original on a high authority blog, there's nothing wrong with linking back to your site and using a social bookmarking service to help users (and Google) find the content faster. No need for a hundred bookmarks though.
I think top directory submissions are absolutely white-hat. Yahoo and DMoz are still very trusted by Google. These sites are meant to be a place that users can find a business that provides the product or service they're looking for. There's absolutely nothing wrong with submitting your site to directories like these so that customers can easily find you. If Google were to penalize your for this, it would be like penalizing you for listing your business in the Yellow Pages, which nearly every business used to do. Top directories are just the digital versions of the old school phone book we still find on our doorstep once a year, and are viable forms of advertising. What you DEFINITELY want to AVOID are the "Submit your site to 50,000 directories for $5!" services. That's the kind of thing that Google is starting to penalize webmasters for.
Same thing with article directories, don't submit randomly generated keyword-stuffed crap to thousands of directories. If you have quality, original content then submit it to the trusted directories and give it a little time to be organically spread across the web by people who find it useful or entertaining enough to link to it.
As far as creating blogs on WP, Tumbler, etc goes... again just do it in moderation. I'd concentrate on a single blog and provide quality content and useful links to other resources as well as links to your own content. Three hundred blog posts about how your company is the best in the world for this keyword and that keyword looks spammy and totally untrustworthy to both users and Google.
The same principles apply for guest posts on quality blogs... if you've got a useful comment to post, by all means post it. Just don't post fake, disingenuous, spam on every do-follow blog you can find.
I think you'll find creating quality content, making your site attractive and easy to use, and engaging your customers will be a much better use of your time than filling the world's servers with gigabytes and gigabytes of useless information. There's no need to trick Google into increasing your rankings... if you provide content that's worth visiting, the visitors will come.
Hope this helps and good luck. Life just got a lot easier
Thanks,
Anthony
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