What is Purple Hat SEO?

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One of my client asked me to do Purple Hat SEO, I am still confuse about this, because I am familiar with white, black and grey hat seo. What is Purple Hat SEO, Please explain me.
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    Apparently it's the pimp way of doing SEO.

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    • Profile picture of the author HCFGrizzly
      Originally Posted by Leonardo007 View Post

      One of my client asked me to do Purple Hat SEO, I am still confuse about this, because I am familiar with white, black and grey hat seo. What is Purple Hat SEO, Please explain me.
      Jayden, is that you?

      Originally Posted by nettiapina View Post

      Apparently it's the pimp way of doing SEO.

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  • Profile picture of the author VKSEO
    No, brother. Did a lot of search on Purple Hat SEO. Nothing is there on google. I think once discuss about this with your client. I think he got confused about colour and said Purple hat seo. Tell him about other techniques. And please post here if he know about purple hat seo.
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    • Profile picture of the author Leonardo007
      Originally Posted by VKSEO View Post

      No, brother. Did a lot of search on Purple Hat SEO. Nothing is there on google. I think once discuss about this with your client. I think he got confused about colour and said Purple hat seo. Tell him about other techniques. And please post here if he know about purple hat seo.
      uuuffff I am getting anger on client now, and he run away. Pray for his back
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  • Profile picture of the author MaxusMumbai
    Originally Posted by Leonardo007 View Post

    One of my client asked me to do Purple Hat SEO, I am still confuse about this, because I am familiar with white, black and grey hat seo. What is Purple Hat SEO, Please explain me.
    There is no such thing. Tell your ignorant client this is not like taekwondo where you get different colored belts for each level.
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  • Profile picture of the author AmberWhite
    As SEO professional you should explain your client about three types of SEO which would be Black hat SEO, White Hat SEO & Grey Hat SEO then ask him about which technique he/she wants.
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  • black, Grey and white often listen but new technology when come in India: Purple hat SEO
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  • Profile picture of the author TyphoonAgency
    You have riskier Black Hat practices with SEO that totally ignore Google's webmaster guidelines where it benefits and then you have White Hat seo that is more search engine friendly. Purple hat isn't even relative.
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    It's when you really, really want to rank a website but you cannot find any websites that will let you rank them.

    Wait... No that is Blue Balls SEO.

    Nevermind. Carry on.
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    • Profile picture of the author Leonardo007
      Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

      It's when you really, really want to rank a website but you cannot find any websites that will let you rank them.

      Wait... No that is Blue Balls SEO.

      Nevermind. Carry on.
      Please explain what are their techniques?
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      • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
        Originally Posted by Leonardo007 View Post

        Please explain what are their techniques?
        The first step would be to adopt the doctrine of keeping your seed. You'll develop a nasty case of blue balls in no time.
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        • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
          Originally Posted by MaxusMumbai View Post

          There is no such thing. Tell your ignorant client this is not like taekwondo where you get different colored belts for each level.
          Do no such thing!

          Tell your client that purple hat SEO is DOUBLE the price to perform because of how complex it is.

          It is so complex and secretive, that you won't find information on it by surfing the web.
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          • Profile picture of the author Leonardo007
            Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter View Post

            Do no such thing!

            Tell your client that purple hat SEO is DOUBLE the price to perform because of how complex it is.

            It is so complex and secretive, that you won't find information on it by surfing the web.
            please put some light on those hidden techniques I want to know
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      • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
        Originally Posted by Leonardo007 View Post

        Please explain what are their techniques?
        A good way to take care of Blue Ball SEO is to go online and find others who you can mass debate with. Mass debation is a good remedy for blue ball SEO.
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    • Profile picture of the author HCFGrizzly
      Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

      It's when you really, really want to rank a website but you cannot find any websites that will let you rank them.

      Wait... No that is Blue Balls SEO.

      Nevermind. Carry on.
      Well...this is where purple hat SEO comes in hand. Just take that purple hat and MAKE the other websites work for you.

      You need the following to become the purple hat pimp-guru you dream to be:

      1. A perm
      2. A Cadillac
      3. A magic stick to hit the bit...erm websites to keep them in line

      For more references you might want to read the works of Dr. DogSnoop Patel. He is the authority in this field.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tomek Kurpanik
    It's freaking amazing how many people on here struggle to pick up on sarcasm. I love the purple hat seo image, way to go nettiapina.

    Originally Posted by nettiapina View Post

    Apparently it's the pimp way of doing SEO.

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    Originally Posted by Leonardo007 View Post

    One of my client asked me to do Purple Hat SEO, I am still confuse about this, because I am familiar with white, black and grey hat seo. What is Purple Hat SEO, Please explain me.
    Most likely either the person is joking or uninformed.

    Any color of SEO that isn't White/Gray/Black is generally SEO done by a content marketer who has a website about SEO and all the good domain names were already taken.

    A domain search tool reveals that some less desirable colors are still available if you would like to follow in their footsteps.

    purplehatseo.com
    yellowhatseo.com
    pinkhatseo.com
    mrhatseo.com <-LOL
    fancyhatseo.com

    Also, gray hat SEO is not a category of techniques, it's a technique that can be either white hat or black hat depending on how it's actually implemented. PBNs are an excellent example of this. Companies like Google and Amazon have a network of sites similar to a PBN, obviously there's nothing wrong with that. Some guys build networks of sites using robots that produce garbage content and build links with spam tools and that's certainly not white hat seo, or even close to it.
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    • Profile picture of the author DABK
      I found the source of the confusion, I believe (it's on seocandyland.com; and they have a really cool purple hat on the homepage):

      "We practice purple hat SEO techniques, in other words, we honour all known (and some not-so-known) ranking factors and achieve rankings through building high quality links in unconventional ways. What this means is that we have found the sweet spot, and have developed an internal process that works alongside search engine ranking factors. A big part of our link building strategy is to create such an awesome content strategy that quality sites will naturally give us links for whichever website we are working on."

      Ain't they awesome?
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    Originally Posted by Leonardo007 View Post

    One of my client asked me to do Purple Hat SEO, I am still confuse about this, because I am familiar with white, black and grey hat seo. What is Purple Hat SEO, Please explain me.
    I guess I will be the bearer of bad tidings, as usual.

    Nobody in their right mind should be hiring you,
    offering you, or even hinting at you, to do
    any SEO work. Period.


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    • Profile picture of the author DABK
      I thought that went without saying.

      Otherwise, I'd have spared you the burden of being the bearer of bad tidings. Cross my heart!

      Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

      I guess I will be the bearer of bad tidings, as usual.

      Nobody in their right mind should be hiring you,
      offering you, or even hinting at you, to do
      any SEO work. Period.

      Barney Songs - Silly Hat song - YouTube

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    Originally Posted by Leonardo007 View Post

    One of my client asked me to do Purple Hat SEO, I am still confuse about this, because I am familiar with white, black and grey hat seo. What is Purple Hat SEO, Please explain me.
    Just be glad they didn't ask you to do any brownhatting
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    • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
      Originally Posted by Tim3 View Post

      Just be glad they didn't ask you to do any brownhatting
      There's nothing wrong with that if you're willing to deliver and they're paying enough. I'd take blue balls of steel to use this as a SEO tactic.
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  • Profile picture of the author Curtis2011
    It's not a thing. There are only three hats.

    White hat.
    Grey hat.
    Black hat.
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    • Profile picture of the author HCFGrizzly
      Originally Posted by Curtis2011 View Post

      It's not a thing. There are only three hats.

      White hat.
      Grey hat.
      Black hat.
      If there are only 3 hats, where did the photo of the purple hat appear?
      Photoshop? I think not!

      PS: What`s with this new layout of the forum? Any way to change it back to normal?
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      • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
        Originally Posted by HCFGrizzly View Post

        If there are only 3 hats, where did the photo of the purple hat appear?
        Photoshop? I think not!

        PS: What`s with this new layout of the forum? Any way to change it back to normal?
        Haha, you are sucked into the void. You have become part of the experiment.

        Yes - go cry like I did down in the basement (suggestions or OT forum) that you are ready to go back to happy land.
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      • Profile picture of the author DABK
        It belongs to the Purple SEO Master in the sky. Once, when he was chasing the Blue Moon's sons across the sky in the PurpleMobile, with a view to ranking them all the way to Love Slaves a strong wind, sent by the Blue Moon to help her sons, blew it of the Purple SEO Master's head.

        It fell in the garden of a young maiden who, amazed that it could rank medium-difficulty keywords in less than 3 days, placed it in the safest, most sacred place she knew of, Nettiapina's profile on the SEO forum.

        I think we should all now kneel down and pray Nettiapina's health stays good, least the Purple Hat run away and rank all manor of keywords dear to the hearts of our enemies.

        And, friends, listen and listen good... Don't cast doubts about the Purple Hat no more unless, of course, you're looking to burn in the eternal fires in the belly of the Earth.

        Originally Posted by HCFGrizzly View Post

        If there are only 3 hats, where did the photo of the purple hat appear?
        Photoshop? I think not!

        PS: What`s with this new layout of the forum? Any way to change it back to normal?
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    • Profile picture of the author DABK
      The Purple Hat will be following you, no matter what. Might as well bow down to it and accept that there's a purpose behind His/Her/Its/Their decision to allow Indian SEO Expert Spammers to heist. It's just beyond our comprehension.

      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      This place is seriously FU^%ed up.

      I'm sick of looking at the India shit. FU^%em, I'm out of here.
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  • Profile picture of the author CCarter
    There was an ancient website called BlueHatSEO where the owner Eli talked in great lengths about advanced SEO tactics (gray, white, and blackhat) that worked during that time period. A lot of it is still relevant today, but the torch has been passed down to Ross (skohh) and it's been turned into a forum. But they've kept the archives of the ancient advanced SEO tactics. Here is a link to it: ø Blue Hat SEO-Advanced SEO Tactics ø

    Purple SEO is nonsense. Maybe the client got confused with an internet meme of some sort. The philosophy of BlueHatSEO was pretty much "No-Hat SEO" mentality. That means you do not side by colors but that which works.

    Carry on...
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    • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
      Can't believe I totally forgot about bluefart seo.

      (google it if you don't believe me)

      lol
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      • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
        Originally Posted by DABK View Post

        I found the source of the confusion, I believe (it's on seocandyland.com; and they have a really cool purple hat on the homepage):

        "We practice purple hat SEO techniques, in other words, we honour all known (and some not-so-known) ranking factors and achieve rankings through building high quality links in unconventional ways. What this means is that we have found the sweet spot, and have developed an internal process that works alongside search engine ranking factors. A big part of our link building strategy is to create such an awesome content strategy that quality sites will naturally give us links for whichever website we are working on."

        Ain't they awesome?
        Sounds like a marketing ploy to me.

        Yes, let's all go out and start coloring our own hats (not).

        Or even better, lets specify a nationality for them.

        Soon to come:
        Turban SEO
        10 Gallon Hat SEO
        Sombrero SEO
        Beret SEO

        And for the ladies? Tiara SEO.
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          Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter View Post

          Sounds like a marketing ploy to me.

          Yes, let's all go out and start coloring our own hats (not).

          Or even better, lets specify a nationality for them.

          Soon to come:
          Turban SEO
          10 Gallon Hat SEO
          Sombrero SEO
          Beret SEO

          And for the ladies? Tiara SEO.
          Don't forget. If you live in a colder environment, you will only be successful with Ski Mask SEO.
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          • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
            Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

            Don't forget. If you live in a colder environment, you will only be successful with Ski Mask SEO.
            This sounds more nefarious than blackhat.
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        • Profile picture of the author DABK
          A good one too, it's got me thinking of getting my wife a purple tiara SEO. It will go well with her black dress with purple keywordy straps.

          Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter View Post

          Sounds like a marketing ploy to me.

          Yes, let's all go out and start coloring our own hats (not).

          Or even better, lets specify a nationality for them.

          Soon to come:
          Turban SEO
          10 Gallon Hat SEO
          Sombrero SEO
          Beret SEO

          And for the ladies? Tiara SEO.
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    Surely not survive this kind seo.
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  • Profile picture of the author tarifkhoury
    No matter whatever name we use finally the only two techniques one is bot or do manually to create backlinks. The thing matter is how quality back-links we used to create boost-up website ranking. I do agree with all, there is nothing like purple hat SEO.
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    • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
      Originally Posted by DABK View Post

      I think we should all now kneel down and pray Nettiapina's health stays good, least the Purple Hat run away and rank all manor of keywords dear to the hearts of our enemies.
      Now you've done it. The secret is out. We can't defend the ancient wisdom of Purple Hat against the influence of inferior hat designs.

      Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter

      Or even better, lets specify a nationality for them.
      Been there, done that. Knit Cap SEO for the win.

      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      I'm sick of looking at the India shit. FU^%em, I'm out of here.
      See you tomorrow!
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  • Originally Posted by Leonardo007 View Post

    One of my client asked me to do Purple Hat SEO, I am still confuse about this, because I am familiar with white, black and grey hat seo. What is Purple Hat SEO, Please explain me.
    As you we also listen as black, white, grey hat SEO, but may be newe seo technology like Purple hat SEO
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  • Profile picture of the author kevinmilan2014
    I was reading surfing the forum and suddenly read this question. First time I heard about this purple hat SEO. Is it really exist.
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    • Profile picture of the author Leonardo007
      To all repliers, check this

      What the hell is Purple Hat anyway? Purple Hat is the set of methods that uses non-conventional SEO techniques, "hidden" in scripts that analyze real-time data traffic comprise the keywords defined in the parameters of your website. (META tags, ROBOTS and DESCRIPTION).


      It seems complicated at first glance, but it is not. In fact, these programmers analyze what are the affiliate programs that pay more (AdSense now balls, as he does not move) and checks which ads are more clickable. There is no point having high traffic if your ads are not attractive.


      The Ad relationship with strong potential clicks in hand, they make use of scripts (mouseover) that as soon as the user moves the mouse over Adsense, it is redirected to page for that ad. Sometimes the process is delayed for a few seconds. So there is no suspicion on the part of users.


      Also this technique of imaging is done: by clicking on an image after a few seconds, the user is redirected to some advertising.


      This is not done all the time. The webmaster / programmer acts so as not to arouse suspicion largest search engine. Most of the time, these guys buy blogs or websites and use them as satellites.


      You may have seen ads Buy your website or blog around. If you have not yet encountered this, try searching for "Sell your blog"; or "Sell your website." You'll find hundreds of probloggers ads offering money for your blog or site.
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      • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
        Originally Posted by Leonardo007 View Post

        To all repliers, check this

        What the hell is Purple Hat anyway? Purple Hat is the set of methods that uses non-conventional SEO techniques, "hidden" in scripts that analyze real-time data traffic comprise the keywords defined in the parameters of your website. (META tags, ROBOTS and DESCRIPTION).


        It seems complicated at first glance, but it is not. In fact, these programmers analyze what are the affiliate programs that pay more (AdSense now balls, as he does not move) and checks which ads are more clickable. There is no point having high traffic if your ads are not attractive.


        The Ad relationship with strong potential clicks in hand, they make use of scripts (mouseover) that as soon as the user moves the mouse over Adsense, it is redirected to page for that ad. Sometimes the process is delayed for a few seconds. So there is no suspicion on the part of users.


        Also this technique of imaging is done: by clicking on an image after a few seconds, the user is redirected to some advertising.


        This is not done all the time. The webmaster / programmer acts so as not to arouse suspicion largest search engine. Most of the time, these guys buy blogs or websites and use them as satellites.


        You may have seen ads Buy your website or blog around. If you have not yet encountered this, try searching for "Sell your blog"; or "Sell your website." You'll find hundreds of probloggers ads offering money for your blog or site.
        There is not a single thing in there that has to do with SEO.
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        • Profile picture of the author DABK
          Yeah, but it was long! You forgetting them threads 'bout long content is king?

          As an aside: is it me, or are there more and more pointless posts on this forum? More people posting who don't read one damn thing beside the thread title?




          Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

          There is not a single thing in there that has to do with SEO.
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          • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
            Originally Posted by DABK View Post

            Yeah, but it was long! You forgetting them threads 'bout long content is king?

            As an aside: is it me, or are there more and more pointless posts on this forum? More people posting who don't read one damn thing beside the thread title?
            That has been going on for a long time. It might be getting worse. I don't know. I think I have become numb to it.
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      • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
        Originally Posted by Leonardo007 View Post

        To all repliers, check this
        Congrats! You found the correct answer: Purple Hat SEO is just a bunch of non-related BS wrapped in hyperbolic language.
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        • Profile picture of the author Kay King
          If you are looking for an SEO "specialist" the title question would be an excellent qualifier.

          Those who try to "explain" are people you could discount as fake-it-till-you-make-it freelancers - and those few who say "what the hell are you going on about" would make the short list.
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  • Profile picture of the author abhishekknigam
    Hi Leonardo,
    It is not any imaginary link building way. This is just a way where we try to find out a sweet spot to get good natural links for your website to get high ranking and creating such type of content which is going to circulate by your readers. Because this time creating high quality links is not going to work for you. So you need to find out loop whole which is going to work for you and not used by your competitors.
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    • Profile picture of the author HCFGrizzly
      Originally Posted by abhishekknigam View Post

      Hi Leonardo,
      It is not any imaginary link building way. This is just a way where we try to find out a sweet spot to get good natural links for your website to get high ranking and creating such type of content which is going to circulate by your readers. Because this time creating high quality links is not going to work for you. So you need to find out loop whole which is going to work for you and not used by your competitors.
      What are you talking about? Did you read at least one post in this thread?
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      • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
        Originally Posted by HCFGrizzly View Post

        What are you talking about? Did you read at least one post in this thread?
        Come on now, he has the answer! He could be a company rep.



        If nothing else, he did what I said to do and just made the darn sale!
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    • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
      Originally Posted by abhishekknigam View Post

      It is not any imaginary link building way. This is just a way where we try to find out a sweet spot to get good natural links for your website to get high ranking and creating such type of content which is going to circulate by your readers.
      So it's a fancy BS name for content marketing.

      If you'd read the thread you'd probably guessed that everyone except OP figured out that this is the same old stuff in a new, stupid-looking package.
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by Kala Ferguson View Post

      As SEO professional you should explain your client about three types of SEO which would be Black hat SEO, White Hat SEO & Grey Hat SEO then ask him about which technique he/she wants
      If you were actually an SEO professional, you would know that most clients don't want to sit through something so freaking boring.

      I have never once sat down with a prospect and explained black hat, grey hat, or white hat SEO.
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  • Never heard of purple hat as well. I see a few possibilities:

    1. Client misspoke. Strange to misspeak and mean black/gray/white and saying purple instead but some people's brains work differently.

    2A. Client has heard of purple hat and thought it legit. See post #24 but I saw no purple hat there.

    2B. Client confused about the color. See post #38

    3. Client was testing you. Since you did not respond, he dismissed you. Next time, educate them Amber suggests in post #10. You're being hired as an expert so you have to know these things. Also see post #52.

    4. It was some sort of joke. You did not respond correctly so he's not hiring you. See post #27.

    I think #3 is most likely. I've been on interviews where the interviewer is trying to stump you somehow and see your response. If you go on and talk about something that doesn't exist, you're not right for the job. If you say you don't know, at least you're honest. If you say there's no such thing, you earn their respect.
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  • Profile picture of the author bashonline
    I heard it a while back but never really paid attention to it until now.
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  • Profile picture of the author kudo173
    Purple Hat SEO is just a bunch of non-related BS wrapped in hyperbolic language.
    I think so. You should find it on google search.

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  • Profile picture of the author Shohag Mahfuj
    I too. Tell him to go to the market and buy a purple hat. I think he like purple color. Ha -ha !!
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    • Profile picture of the author DABK
      No, no, no. Rainbow Hat SEO is gay, cheerful, like a Degas painting; Purple Hat SEO is brooding, morose, like a Rembrandt. Please, let's not make hasty comparisons.

      Originally Posted by marylobster View Post

      Lol
      It seems like the same as Rainbow Hat SEO
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  • Profile picture of the author The Intern
    Did it ever occur to your that your client is in fact a client and had no idea what he/she was talking about? They may have heard something about colors, hats, and SEO and got Purple Hat SEO from it. Explain to them there is no such thing and ask them what they want accomplished when they say Purple Hat SEO.
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  • Purple Hat SEO ; )
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  • Profile picture of the author harris96
    lol this is the first time I heard this one
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