07-23-2014, 01:56 AM
Not all tutorials assume someone knows about footprints, for example, here is a video I did this year that shows you how to build footprints, explains what they are etc.. Also in its description I link to an older video where I do the same thing but in different light.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAf-h9FisGU
Also whitehat is subjective, if you acquire 1 single link, then you are black hat, as Google clearly says that building any links at all to influence search engine rankings is a violation of their TOS.
White hat is a figment of the imagination of those that really do black hat but want to not be associated with the crowd that does really shady blackhat stuff. IMHO anyway.
To the OP, if you build no links, you basically have no rank unless you are the only one in your niche and you have exact match on page to the keyword being searched. I would go so far as to say "most" links are not detrimental, but in reality we just hear more about the bad ones, so thats what we focus on. There is a psychology to that actually, I forget what its called, but basically if you hear about something with "force" or impact, meaning its intense/severe etc.. then you will view that item as larger and more impactful then it really is to the grand scheme of things.
Casinos actually use this. When you win they give you loads of bells and lights. When you lose nothing happens. So your brain will view the intense lights and bells as a larger "image" if you will and will skew the real odds to believe that you will actually win more often then you really will. Same thing happens in SEO. You hear so much about "bad" links that everyone thinks they are everywhere, when in fact they are a minority of the links you can build.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAf-h9FisGU
Also whitehat is subjective, if you acquire 1 single link, then you are black hat, as Google clearly says that building any links at all to influence search engine rankings is a violation of their TOS.
White hat is a figment of the imagination of those that really do black hat but want to not be associated with the crowd that does really shady blackhat stuff. IMHO anyway.
To the OP, if you build no links, you basically have no rank unless you are the only one in your niche and you have exact match on page to the keyword being searched. I would go so far as to say "most" links are not detrimental, but in reality we just hear more about the bad ones, so thats what we focus on. There is a psychology to that actually, I forget what its called, but basically if you hear about something with "force" or impact, meaning its intense/severe etc.. then you will view that item as larger and more impactful then it really is to the grand scheme of things.
Casinos actually use this. When you win they give you loads of bells and lights. When you lose nothing happens. So your brain will view the intense lights and bells as a larger "image" if you will and will skew the real odds to believe that you will actually win more often then you really will. Same thing happens in SEO. You hear so much about "bad" links that everyone thinks they are everywhere, when in fact they are a minority of the links you can build.