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Jul 27
Gambling Effect bingo, gambling links, gambling portal traffic 3 Comments
Given the competitiveness of the online gambling industry it is very difficult for new comers to the market to see financial success. Success in the online gambling industry takes time and effort, if you’re looking for a quick way of making money you should look elsewhere. For this article we will focus on making money from running a gambling portal.
A gambling portal is a website which refers players to other gaming sites, usually where they deposit money and play online games, such as online bingo or roulette. As the webmaster of the referring gambling portal you will recieve a commission for referring the player.
This sounds simple and the concept is. But actually getting hold of the visitor and making them convert into a player is a science in itself. When running a gambling portal the key to success is targeted traffic, and the best way to get targeted traffic is through making sure your site has an abundance of fresh, and most importantly, unique, content.
Generally a gambling portal will feature reviews of gaming sites aswell as news related to the games they promote. Some portals even offer forums. In these forums visitors can discuss a particular site before they decide to go ahead and, for example, play online bingo there.
As mentioned earlier, the best way of getting traffic to your gambling portal is through the search engines. There are other ways such as through social networks and of course pay-per-click advertising, but none of these methods come close to being as effective as good search engine placements. Good search engine rankings are difficult to obtain, especially in the competitive gambling industry. They require your site you have a good number of inbound links. There is no more effective way of gaining better search engine rankings than through link building.
When building links to your gambling portal the main thing you need to remember is to keep your inbound links coming from relevant websites. Irrelevent links are worth considerably less, in terms of rank boosting. Getting hold of gambling links can be very difficult. Often webmasters do not want to link to websites which contain gambling content. And already established websites are unlikely to link out a new or less established site. If you’re looking for a quick growth for your gambling portal you might want to consider purchasing your casino or bingo links , whichever apply to you. This can be worthwhile. The slower but less costly way of building your site’s search engine rankings is through trading links with sites at a similar level of development to your own. Page Rank is the common measurement used to determine a website’s linking value.
A great way to begin promoting your gambling portal is by using Google to search for ‘gambling directories’ or gambling resources sites. Providing that your site contains unique content these websites will generally link out to you for free whilst others may require a recipricol link. Whichever path you choose to take on your link building journey we wish you the best of luck!
Jul 27, 2010 @ 22:13:53
Legalized gambling is the redistribution of wealth, in an anti-socialism kind of way. Instead of taking money away from wealthy and distributing it to the poor, "gaming" takes money away from the lower classes and gives it to the casinos and the wealthy casino owners. I've been to casinos on dozens and dozens of occasions, and can personally attest that the majority of persons gambling are the elderly. Let's be honest about leaglized gambling – this isn't Casino Royale where multi-millionaires are standing around the craps table having their busty, scantily clad girlfriends blow on the dice for good luck. These are people's grandparents putting their social security checks into nickel slot machines just to pass the time.
This is a hot topic in my community, and the supporters of the casinos stress the amount of tax revenue it will bring to the state. The question is at what cost? The perfect example of how gambling can destroy a city is Atlantic City, NJ. Atlantic City used to be a vibrant, sea side town. Now it is one of the more dangerous places in the state. It used to be a family friendly vacation destination steeped in rich tradition including the annual parades held on the boardwalk. Now, its not safe to walk the boardwalk at night.
Will casinos bring jobs? Yes.
Will casinos bring tax revenue? Yes.
Will the casinos bring increased crime? Yes. (which will require some of that "tax revenue" to fund a greater police presence)
Will a lot of this be funded by people who cannot afford to gamble? Yes.
The number one rule of gaming – "the house always wins." Why do communities think it will be any different this time?
Jul 27, 2010 @ 22:59:23
Legalized gambling is the redistribution of wealth, in an anti-socialism kind of way. Instead of taking money away from wealthy and distributing it to the poor, "gaming" takes money away from the lower classes and gives it to the casinos and the wealthy casino owners. I've been to casinos on dozens and dozens of occasions, and can personally attest that the majority of persons gambling are the elderly. Let's be honest about leaglized gambling – this isn't Casino Royale where multi-millionaires are standing around the craps table having their busty, scantily clad girlfriends blow on the dice for good luck. These are people's grandparents putting their social security checks into nickel slot machines just to pass the time.
This is a hot topic in my community, and the supporters of the casinos stress the amount of tax revenue it will bring to the state. The question is at what cost? The perfect example of how gambling can destroy a city is Atlantic City, NJ. Atlantic City used to be a vibrant, sea side town. Now it is one of the more dangerous places in the state. It used to be a family friendly vacation destination steeped in rich tradition including the annual parades held on the boardwalk. Now, its not safe to walk the boardwalk at night.
Will casinos bring jobs? Yes.
Will casinos bring tax revenue? Yes.
Will the casinos bring increased crime? Yes. (which will require some of that "tax revenue" to fund a greater police presence)
Will a lot of this be funded by people who cannot afford to gamble? Yes.
The number one rule of gaming – "the house always wins." Why do communities think it will be any different this time?
Jul 29, 2010 @ 14:49:36
What you are talking about is credit card fraud. You fund your gambling account, lose your money, then try to retract the payment. In America this is all but impossible since most credit cards won't even allow online gambling transactions.
You are going to have a hard time retracting a payment. Once the money has left your account, you are liable for it. So you have to convince your credit card company to give you the money back. If they are willing to do that, it will not affect your credit. Of course, if they think you are scamming them, which is basically what you are suggesting, then sure it could affect your credit. They could also prosecute you for fraud.