Blackhat and whitehat seo sounds like an epic battle between good and evil in a sci fi film. Where the blackhat guys are the bad guys and whitehats are the good guys. But in internet marketing and making money in this business, its not who do good tactics or bad tactics, but who earns more. I have been learning a lot of blackhat seo’s this past few weeks and it is not something that I used to imagine. Things like scamming, hacking & stealing from people on the internet is not a blackhat way. They are just plain scammers. If you search the internet, there are communities for each of these kinds of people and I believe blackhatters are one of those communities that are most often misunderstood. They work under the radar, they don’t want to be known, they don’t want people to know how much they make money, they don’t want people to know HOW they make money. Most of the time, they are just lurking in the shadows that when people say bad things to them, no one will speak up.

I learned to appreciate these people when I had the chance to make friends with a few black hatters. Up until now, they are teaching me how to do things that are thought of insane in the whitehat world. These guys are businessminded and has business ethics as well. Not with the goody two shoes talk with whitehatters that will bore you. The community seems more like a friendly environment than the whitehat community composed of too much technical jargon that will make you kill yourself to boredom.

Though, both side of the party have their own pros and cons. And I believe that learning both disciplines is not a matter of who is better. It’s just that we are here in this business to learn. Whitehat or blackhat, its an experience. Good or bad is still an experience.

I try to stay away from the blogosphere and social media as much as possible. It is not for me. One of the few people who I really look up to is a blackhat seo. He opened my eyes from the tragic cycle of people wanting to do business online. And social media for me and the blogosphere is not where the money is at. I will leave all those to the best bloggers or the top bloggers in the world/country. These things that I like and hate is common to all the people in the community. So I found myself a home.

Any experience we get is a learning tool. Even if your mentor is a blackhat, you should have an open mind to know if he’s telling shit or gold nuggets.

Learn to think for yourself. The blogosphere may be good and friendly. But its not what we are after when doing business on the internet. We are here to make money. Making friends and having fun can be done in real life. I’d rather promote offers all day than socializing, commenting, tweeting on other blogs. I can always socialize on blog events. Which I don’t go. Because I am no blogger. Maybe in the future when I’m a travel blogger traveling all over the world. But before that happens, there are a lot of work to do. So…

Watch your back boys and keep your nose clean.

Always Blame Others

Blame the goverment. Because it is the reason why there are many poor people that can’t eat 3 times a day. Blame your boss because you can’t be promoted. Blame the professors because you can’t learn a thing. School time is for trying to figure out what the professor said and time at home is only for dota. Blame the economy and high gas prices. Whine about these things and its a surefire way to waste your time, energy and saliva and after 10 years, you’re still at the place where you are before. Only older.

Do Not Think For Yourself

There is always someone that knows everything. Including the “know-it-alls”. They are the wise sages of our time and they’re opinion, even though free, is the best treasure there is. Opinions are free because they are golden crap. It allows you not to think and just follow everybody’s advice. This is a great excuse for yourself. You will feel that you know a lot because of what other’s have told you, in the end they are not the product of your thinking and you don’t even know what those ideas meant. Do not get to know who is the person giving advices. If someone went out to you, a friend or stranger and told you its the next big thing to get rich and earn “passive income”, If it seems logical, rational, believe it immediately & join. You will always be dependent on others and you don’t want to think too hard.

Don’t Allot Time For Productive Things

One of the best reason and probably the most popular alibi there is is “I have no time”. We all have no time. I have 24 hours a day. How about you? Do you only have 10hrs a day? We all have the same hours a day, days a week and there is always a reason not to do things that are productive. I’ll play dota because its fun. I’ll work later because its a drag.

Do Not Spend Money To Learn

The best investment is the things that I can see and touch and can be bragged to my colleagues. Investing in myself is just a waste of money and i would probably forget it anyway so why do it? I’d rather buy new clothes than books. I know books are a lot cheaper but clothes and gadgets are waaaaay cooler. I don’t want to come of as a nerd. I can always ask other people for their opinion and get their knowledge for free. Also, I think going to school is a waste of money.

Tell People Information That Are Half True

Jose Rizal said, “if I only know half the truth, I won’t speak”. That’s crap! If I know a little about something, I will tell it to all my friends so that they will see me as good and intelligent. Even if I don’t know it entirely I will just tell it anyway so I have been the first to talk about it and they will always think of me as the pioneer. I don’t care if I tell them half truth, did the advices I said and fail. We will fail together and I have the excuse I didn’t mean to.

Always Have The Reason For Anything

I am broke because of the government. I can’t feed my family because of the government. I have small salary because of the government. I was lay off work because of the government. My goldfish is dead because of the government. Don’t admit that you are wrong. You are not responsible for your future.

There Is One Magic Bullet To Get Rich

I just need to search for that one technique to be rich in affiliate marketing. I just need to know what numbers to bet to get rich in lotto. There is only one way to get rich and I have to search for it. It doesn’t matter if it takes longer than I expected or if my family die in hunger what’s important is this magic bullet can make me a millionaire overnight.

Always Dream And Don’t Act

Dreaming is fun working isn’t. Why should I work for that dream if I can always go back in paradise island on my head and be happy. I am content with my situation right now and dreaming is not hard to do. I will not work for my dream because it makes me feel lazy. Even if I have no money, I will get myself drunk and party so I can have fun and share my dream to my friends. They will think highly of me as someone who has an ambition and dream in life even though I am not working to achieve that dream.

Think Negative

We are all doomed. The world will end on 2012 and starvation is already at hand. Global warming is killing us and we should be prepared for the coming of the world. I want to go to business but fuck that, I don’t want to have business debt. I might fail. I can always bet at lotto where I can make my 20 pesos into 100 millions.

Be Afraid To Fail

You don’t want to be criticized by your friends and family. Why would I risk my good reputation? I will not take risk that might ruin my stability right now. I’d rather work 10 hours a day for a minimum salary than go into business that might fail. If I got laid off, I’ll join the rally to get us back. It’s the government’s fault and its my right to freedom of speech. I want my family and friends to be proud of me so I will do anything in my power not to take risk so that they won’t change that image of me. Thomas Edison’s 10,000 light bulb experiment is an epic failure! That guy is stupid.