I've blogged about how Paid Links how directly affected my Ad Revenue Stream as a small-time site webmaster and the predicament I now face - alienate Google or my Advertisers - either way I am going to lose money! I am lookling for feedback and ideas on how to move forward with advertising and if I have missed anything.
Hey really like the post, and the site in general! Did you code that site yourself it seems quite complex!? It must be a pain to balance your ability to maintain your PR, whilst at the same time linking without "no follow" to your clients.
Thanks for the compliments! I work on PokerDIY almost full time (I am a developer at heart) which is why it may seem complex. The prime function is recording your poker league scores (here's my poker league, you'll notice I am top, but only if you sort on 20+ average games PR: Yes... this has been a VERY sudden (as in one day it was there, and the next my whole ad revenue world is in chaos!) development. I am still dealing with the advertisers expectations... some are understanding and some less so...
I am an SEO first off and just starting out with the basics of web design - so its always good to look at such projects for ideas and inspiration Also, I love a bit of poker myself, im one of those mass multi tabling online players that grinds out the cash games lol! I used to play a regular home game with my friends but that has died down a bit unfortunately! Just out of interest - What are your revenue and visitor numbers like to be able to work full time? It seems a really well established site. Scott
I think everyone dabbles with poker these days! Revenue is not that good (especially not now) but I am in it for the long run. Traffic is good - over 1000 visitors a day, 90k page views a month. I rank in the top 10 for a LOT of search terms ("find poker") etc. and am proud of my SEO skills (self-taught The biggest limitation is the UI/design. It really holds PokerDIY back - a visitor gets to it and thinks it is tacky or not as professional as it could be. Any suggestions would be appreciated! I am working on some cool projects like an iphone version of the site (just shows your profile and scores) and a facebook app (you can already put your poker league widget on your own site or facebook profile). But yes, I am working hard on the UI but my design skills suck!
ps - it would help if I could run Adsense but as per my top blog post apparently PokerDIY is a gambling site, although you don't gamble or play poker on it at all!
It is also useful to have keyword/s in your URL, folder names and file names. But it looks spammy. -Prof. design -Excellent content -You should find sponsor if your goal is really big. Good job..
Interesting point re. the URLs - the platform I use (DotNetNuke.com) have just worked hard to move from the old Tab=21?Default.aspx style) to this FriendlyURL style, but I can see your point when the URL is as big as this one (I assure you that was not my intention Thanks for the comments too - you have probably hit the nail on the head.