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SEO Glossary of Terms
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Black hat SEO

Every search engine has a list of rules and regulations that must be followed by the owners of websites in order for them to be able to included on search engines. These sites create the revenue for the search engine so the engine owners want sites to be profitable and not include any dubious techniques to gain traffic. Any method that is seen as being deceptive is classed as being Black Hat SEO and can lead a website to be blacklisted.