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Link Wheel: White Hat or Black Hat

bingofind asked 3 years ago
Hi All,

Do you know if nowadays link wheels are considered to be White Hat, Black Hat or somewhere in the middle, thus Grey Hat? A number of respectable SEO agencies have link wheels as one of their main link building methods, while others do not use them at all.

What is your take on this? Any SEO mavens, and there are plenty here on CAP, please feel free to share your thoughts.

Thanks

8 Answers
Venomous answered 3 years ago
I’ve used/created them for clients in the past and had mixed results. The main issue faced is keeping the link wheel updated.

I’d say it’s more grey hat personally.

Get it right and it can have a great impact on your “money”sites. Get it wrong and it really could do serious damage.

Hope that helps.

V

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gamzio answered 3 years ago
Link wheels are definitely considered grey because their aim is to manipulate results with multi-accounting, but they aren’t overtly against anyone’s “terms”

tded69 answered 3 years ago
Link Wheel is grey hat.

GamblingShares answered 3 years ago
There is white hat and black hat either u ran the red light or did not
Grey hat is for all the black hatters that cannot admit it .
Maniplulating the SE’s is blackhat!

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Roulette Zeitung answered 3 years ago
Hello,

link wheels are no real link exchange and have no value for readers because a small circle believes to be particularly clever,

It’s the attempt to come quick into top positions without good content, hard work or innovations.

It’s no SEO, it’s eating the bread of idleness.
Bon appétit! frosch2.gif

Leopold

dailera answered 3 years ago
Till now is grey hat, but I am sure that Google will make any update that will catch link wheels. So be careful.

brodog answered 3 years ago
Any artificial linking method is blackhat in Goog’s eyes. That said, some blackhat stuff still works really well until you get caught. Problem is, you WILL get caught doing it sooner or later!

So if you’re using a site to churn and burn, go right ahead and link the cr*p out of it for short term gain. You’ll rank pretty fast, make bank and then discard it when it falls.

But if you want a site to stand any chance of lasting in the long term, be careful and only buy top quality links. PS: I didn’t say that..! <span title=” title=”” class=”bbcode_smiley” />

Nytro answered 3 years ago
Focus on getting quality backlinks from your niche that look natural. Yes, it is easier said than done.