{"id":20914,"date":"2025-08-26T14:58:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.n0c.com\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=20914"},"modified":"2025-08-27T04:59:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T08:59:30","slug":"white-hat-seo","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/kb.n0c.com\/en\/glossaire\/white-hat-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"White Hat SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Unlike Black Hat SEO, <strong>White Hat SEO<\/strong> involves strictly adhering to search engine guidelines and never using hackers tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The term originates from American westerns, in which the hero often wore a white hat, as opposed to the villain who wore a black hat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since nothing is perfect, the most commonly used method of search engine optimization is called Gray Hat SEO: with this approach, webmasters interpret search engine guidelines fairly freely or resort to a few tricks.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.n0c.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/John_Wayne.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"909\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.n0c.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/John_Wayne.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.n0c.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/John_Wayne.jpeg 710w, https:\/\/kb.n0c.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/John_Wayne-234x300.jpeg 234w, https:\/\/kb.n0c.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/John_Wayne-39x50.jpeg 39w, https:\/\/kb.n0c.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/John_Wayne-47x60.jpeg 47w, https:\/\/kb.n0c.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/John_Wayne-78x100.jpeg 78w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Wayne, the archetype of the \u201cWhite Hat\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike Black Hat SEO, White Hat SEO involves strictly adhering to search engine guidelines and never using hackers tactics. 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