When I started off my career in search engine optimization, I was 16 years old. And, just like most 16 year olds, I didn’t worry much about search engine “consequences.” In my fairytale world, they didn’t really exist. We all learn to know better as we age, but you have to keep in mind that I was naive. When I started off my journey into the world of SEO strategy, I didn’t worry about the search engine rules… I just did whatever I wanted . If you fast forward to today, I don’t leverage or practice black hat or negative SEO techniques when it comes to internet marketing and if I could do it all over again, I wouldn’t have dabbled in the art of the dark side. Why? Because if I spent all of that time and energy on legitimate search engine optimization tactics, I would have created a much larger long-term business. I won’t bore you with the reasons why you should avoid black hat SEO when trying to get better search results, as you already know them. Instead, I’m goin...