Mar 30

Matt Cutts’ Search Engine Optimization Predictions (And My Surprise)Writing by Nick Stamoulis on Sunday, 9 of March , 2008 at 6:20 am

Matt Cutts finally got around to making his predictions for 2008. Aside from the disclaimer, I thought they were pretty interesting. Here’s what Matt Cutts think will happen this year:

2008 will be the year that hacking and search engine optimization (SEO) collide in a major way. By the end of the year, a nontrivial fraction of blackhat Search Engine Optimization will involve illegally hacking sites for links or landing pages. One webhost will get a significant black eye as hundreds or thousands of customers’ websites are hacked. The growth of illegal-blackhat Search Engine Optimization will leave traditional blackhats with a difficult choice: risk doing something illegal or sit out.

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