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Why Your Linkbuilding Strategy Sucks

Randy Ray — Tue, 04 May 2010 19:40:31 +0000

The most common way for poker webmasters to find targets for their linkbuilding strategy is to research who’s linking to your competitors. Here’s why I think that strategy sucks: Even if you succeed in getting the same backlinks that your competitor has, you’re always trying to play catch-up. Which site is going to rank higher, assuming that you have the same backlink profile as ...

How to Find Good Poker Link Exchange Partners

Randy Ray — Mon, 03 May 2010 09:59:18 +0000

Some poker webmasters think that regular link exchanges don’t work anymore. (Lots of them think that 3 way link exchanges are somehow “better”, but I’ve written about debunking the reciprocal links are bad myth before.) Assuming that you’re one of the enlightened poker webmasters who understand that link exchanges work fine when used correctly, how do you find good li...

How to Find Spanish Poker Link Exchanges & Link Swaps

Randy Ray — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:44:20 +0000

I’m seeing more and more people getting translations made of their poker sites, page by page. Living in the USA, the obvious first choice for translations for me is Spanish. I live in Texas, so finding people who are fluent enough in Spanish to translate my poker pages is relatively easy. One of my best friends is from Peru, so he can doublecheck any translations I buy to make sure they̵...

How to SEO New Poker Sites

Randy Ray — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:06:38 +0000

“How to SEO new poker sites.” Hmm. I wonder what I was drinking when I came up with this idea for a post? (Did you know that I plan these poker SEO posts way in advance? I have a list of my next 100 post topics already made out. Sometimes I’m in the mood to write, and sometimes I’m in the mood to generate ideas.) So much hype about old domains and old sites has been spouted...

Permanent High PR Poker Links

Randy Ray — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:55:43 +0000

Permanent high PR poker links are rare enough, even if you don’t get into philosophical questions like, “Is anything really permanent?” In this post, I’m going to look at the subject from both a philosophical and a practical perspective. I’ll also try to keep the observation content of this article high while keeping the advice content low. (I give too much advice any...

My 20 Favorite Poker SEO Blog Posts

Randy Ray — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:59:57 +0000

I’ve made about 50 blog posts here now at the Poker SEO blog, so I’ve got a little bit of an archive to browse through. Here are 20 of my favorite poker SEO blog posts along with some observations about why I’m proud of them: Poker Content Ideas Poker Content Planning Poker Content Production Schedules How to Write a Poker Review 25 Ways to Get Poker Article Ideas How to Creat...

How to Think Outside of the Box

Randy Ray — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:11:34 +0000

A post on another poker affiliate blog contends that “thinking outside of the box is idiotic advice“. The phrase IS trite, isn’t it? And the people who repeat that phrase like a mantra are the least likely to actually think outside of the box. But it’s far from the worst poker affiliate advice I’ve ever seen. The problem is that most poker webmasters don’t know...

Poker Link Request Emails That Suck (And One That Doesn’t)

Randy Ray — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:14:18 +0000

I never get tired of writing about poker link requests that suck. Here are two example poker link request emails, along with some explanations of what’s wrong and what’s right with them. (Yes, I’ve written similar posts in the past, but I never get tired of these.) Poker Link Request Email That Sucks This is an actual poker link request that I received in my in-box. Dear Webmast...

How to Launch a Poker Site Network – for Beginners

Randy Ray — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:57:19 +0000

Most poker webmasters who’ve been a this a while already have a poker site network. This post isn’t specifically for them, but they might benefit from it anyway. This post describes (for the beginner poker webmaster) how to launch a poker site network. I offer one way of launching a network, but it’s not the only way. It might not even be the best way. But it’s a good examp...

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...