Black-hat SEO insiders: Google manual actions rising, ChatGPT citations tightening
daluoseo · x · 2026-11-12
After a day at Black Hat Day talking with industry insiders, the author shares several observations:
- Google Manual Actions are triggering far more often lately, hitting multiple people they know;
- Many black-hat tactics still work — some even better — but execution details heavily affect outcomes;
- There's a huge gap between what Google says, what it can do, and what it actually does;
- Listicle content is being cited less by ChatGPT, and self-promotional content in spam-heavy niches has almost stopped working.
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