Keyword Squatting is a techniques used to help BlackHatters funnel traffic. It focuses on targeting weak keywords as well as new domain names. An example of Keyword Squatting is a recent post by Str_0ke, our very own SZ trouble maker about Random Gossip, where he attempts a sneaky keyword stomping tactic on another one of our very own admins, Eva. It’s messy I know!

So how do you use keyword squatting, or better yet Domain Squatting and take advantage of new domains the blackhat way? Apart from checking the whois and cross referencing all reg’d names by that individual there is no way we can tell which domains will be a hit, and which wont but you can almost be 100% sure that the domain owner will try to get traffic to their site, so why not rank for their domain name?

It’s easy to find new domain names, one way is to check new domain lists like those found at Deleted Domains. You simply find the new domains, check to see if they’re already in the dev phase of if they’re just owned by some resellers, if they’re going to be developed target them and some may already have blogs up on them, target their niche and main keywords! This is how you funnel traffic, why let the young guns learn how to sling a shot your way one day when you can break their thumbs at the wee age of just a few months old so they never cock that trigger back to fir your way. Domain Squatting is an easy way to get traffic, just be careful not to land yourself in the spammer category, Google will be all over you!