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Poker Search Channels

Randy Ray — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:41:31 +0000

Optimizing for a single search channel is foolish in today’s search environment. Google isn’t one search engine; it’s multiple search engines. Neither are Yahoo or Bing; they’re multiple search engines too. All large, modern search engines offer multiple search engines. Think of these multiple search engines as channels. Ranking on the main page of a Google poker related se...

Poker SEO Cliches and Poker Link Building Cliches

Randy Ray — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:49:35 +0000

Here’s a random list of cliches along with some thoughts on how they apply to the poker SEO and poker link building life. There might be something useful hidden in here. But some of this is just pure observation. Good things come to those who wait. This isn’t true in poker SEO. When doing search engine optimization on a poker site, good things come to those who create great poker cont...

Online Poker SEO for Online Poker Websites

Randy Ray — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:12:01 +0000

“Online poker” SEO isn’t for the faint of heart. Besides the phrase “poker”, “online poker” is one of the most competitive, high-volume keyword phrases that someone doing SEO for online poker websites could try to rank for. At the same time, the rumors that it’s impossible to rank for high-volume, competitive phrases like “poker” and R...

The Only SEO Advice You Really Need

Randy Ray — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:22:57 +0000

I read a great post from Michael Martinez at his Best SEO Blog yesterday, and I thought I’d share it here. The post is called The Best Blog SEO Strategy. His mime metaphor is cute, but the real gold comes later in the post, and it’s literally the only SEO advice you really need: “The Best Blog SEO Strategy is to use the blog daily, work it, treat it like it’s the meaning of...

Why Content is King

Randy Ray — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:19:44 +0000

Why Content is King Before you bash your head against the keyboard in exasperation at stumbling across yet another “content is king” article, give me a few seconds to convince you this one is worth your time. If you read what I have to say and apply these principles to your own efforts, your websites will be more successful and you’ll make more money. Instead of just yammering “content is ...

Poker SEO Radio

Randy Ray — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:32:06 +0000

I was on Jeremy’s poker affiliate radio show last week with Michael Martinez. I thought I’d write some answers to some of the questions that were on the agenda for the show here on my blog, so that they aren’t exclusively “poker SEO radio” issues. What’s the value of getting a DMOZ link? How do you get a poker site accepted to DMOZ? A DMOZ link is a valuable lin...

Poker Website Questions and Answers

Randy Ray — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:43:02 +0000

Here are some of the questions about poker websites that people ask, along with my answers: How to make a poker website? Making a poker website is simple but not easy. Come up with a niche, write honest and compelling content, and figure out a way to publish it to the Internet. Treat your poker website like it’s the only asset you and your family will ever own and make your business decisio...

50 Ways to Get Poker Traffic

Randy Ray — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:58:14 +0000

Here’s a practical post: 50 ways to get poker traffic to your poker website. Some of these you’ve probably already thought of. Some of them might be new to you. All of them work. And all of them are better than creating a single article then using some bogus software to rewrite it 1000 times, which is one of the looniest SEO strategies I’ve ever heard of. (I’ll write more a...

Poker Googlebowling

Randy Ray — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:40:54 +0000

I’m planning to write an extensive post about Googlebowling, but I plan to aim it specifically at the poker industry. If you own a poker website, and you think you’ve been “Googlebowled”, then I’d like to hear from you. I’ll keep any information you ask me to keep confidential between us, but I’m interested in discussing anecdotal evidence with people who ...

20 Poker SEO Questions – 20 Poker SEO Answers

Randy Ray — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:10:34 +0000

If you’ve read much of what I’ve written over the last few years, you’ve probably already noticed that I like to fall back on the old “questions and answers” format. When I’m not sure what to write about, I go someplace (usually a forum) and look at what questions people are asking. So today I’m going to answer some “poker SEO questions” I̵...