Some people may not have gotten the message I was trying to get across when I “introduced” the idea of Pink Hat SEO. (Hey Danielle, I actually did it! Haha! And your pink teddy bear had a special appearance on my powerpoint *winks*).
Truth be told, I had second thoughts adding that part in my presentation. I was afraid some people will find it juvenile and inappropriate for a serious and prestigious event such as SEMCON 2007. But I had to squeeze it in to drive a point, and to somehow put my personality into my talk. I mean, seriously now, if I’d be remembered at all, I don’t mind being remembered as that girl who had a pink presentation. Haha. Okay, fine, not really. But, well, you get what I’m saying.
Now once again, I didn’t mean “girly stuff” by Pink Hat SEO, which, if I remember right, I pointed out several times during my presentation. What I wanted to focus on was using social media as a means to build link networks for the purpose of SEO. And well, perhaps adding eye-catchy stuff (not necessarily pink) on your site so that people will link to you. The only reason why I related it with being a girl is because girls do love to socialize and attract people.
It’s true what they say — SEO techniques can simply be classified as either black or white, period. But just like choosing between what’s right and wrong, sometimes, there really is no black and white. SEO Hats that are Green, Blue or Pink, perhaps, are just used for the purpose of discussion, to set apart certain techniques from the ones we usually do. Basically, that was what I was trying to point out.
Anyway, I promised some people that I’ll upload my powerpoint presentation on Advanced Link Building Techniques, so here goes. Warning to those who weren’t there at the SEMCON, you’ll see a lot of pink in here: Download away. 
Danielle says:
That’s awesome! I once read in a blog post that pink hat seo was about pretending to be a girl so that people would link to your site. Hmph! There are lots of people who disagree it seems on what pink hat seo is - there are a few French pink hat seo’s - one team of men, one of women. I agree with your take on it - it’s just about being social, sugar and spice and all that. My bear, BTW, is such a great asset. And here I thought I was just getting a cuddly friend.
October 12th, 2007 at 8:52 am
Gabriel Libacao says:
Nice rhiz. I was not able to work because of your post… hahahaha….. Thanks for your powerpoint. *Jawdrop*
October 12th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
Ced says:
Hi !
I’m a french pink hat seo. (perhaps you remember me ?)
Why pink ?
pink hat seo is about pretending to be a girl if you’re a man, because you can spam forum 2 times, you can make a discussion, and so on….
But, Pink Hat Seo is a joke.
You can see french seo pink hat (and get links !) :
http://chocokuland.xavfun.com/
http://www.concours-seo.fr/
http://www.partouze-de-liens.info/blog/index.php?2007/07/29/8-seo-pink-hat
You can talk about it here :
http://www.seosphere.com/
October 26th, 2007 at 7:33 am
Dievochka says:
Hello,
I’m the girl from the french SEO PINK HAT TEAM
Nice to be here !
November 5th, 2007 at 9:03 am