GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 15 - January 2011

Do you want to be associated/localized with thousands of Made for AdSense or bad Web directory sites with very poor content? I don’t, so I do not use shared servers because that’s where they are hosted. How important is SEO to the continu- ing success of your sites? And regarding keyword density, how much is OK, and how much is too much? SEO is the most important factor to be a successful af- filiate. Regarding keyword density, per- sonally I do not check that anymore. I think it’s enough to have keywords in the good semantics html tag (<title>, <meta name=“”>, <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <img alt=“”> and text links). Do you use Facebook, Twitter or other social networks to promote your sites? If so, which ones and how? Yes, we use Facebook and Twitter. Fans and fol- lowers receive updated news about poker and can gain access to private freeroll passwords. • Time management is one of the biggest issues facing affiliates. What time man- agement tips can you offer your fellow webmasters? Do not waste time check- ing your affiliate report and your ranks in Google every day. Stay focused on opera- tions to grow your traffic. If you have traf- fic, money will follow. What’s your favorite vacation or getaway destination, and why? My favorite spots are surfing destinations: Spain, Portugal and Morocco. If you could have one“superpower,”what would it be? To be unbreakable, to do extreme sports such as BASE jumping, freeride snowboarding . . . What’s your all-time favorite TV show? Watching Olympique de Marseille foot- ball team play. If youwere starring in amovie,whowould be your co-star? Eric Cantona, “Eric the King” – he is a brilliant actor. One thing that nobody knows about you? My alarm clock can ring for hours before I wake up. If you could have dinner with any five people,alive or dead,whowould they be? And what would be on the menu? Louis XIV, Ronaldinho, BobMarley, Andy Irons and Snoop Dogg. We would eat sardines. AGE: 23 HOMETOWN: Marseille, South of France Living in: Malta FAVORITEFOOD: French food MUSTREAD BOOK: What Would Google Do? by Jeff Jarvis SITES: joueraupoker.fr pokerenligne.com pokergratuit.net blackjack.it reglesdupoker.fr machineasous jeudepoker.net Benjamin Drouin (right) with his colleague Maxime Batel 31 GPWA Affiliate Interview Series