8 December 2010 GPWA Times Newsletter
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December 8, 2010 |
In this issue: A/B testing on affiliate sites | Google webmaster stats | Featured Program: Red Returns
 Affiliate discussion session planned for the LACWe're pleased to announce that iGB has agreed to hold a session at the upcoming London Affiliate Conference where affiliates will be able to discuss various affiliate issues and concerns on Friday, Jan. 28. GPWA Executive Director Michael Corfman will be organizing the session. Follow this thread for more details.   Anthony Martino considers his PokerNations site "a MySpace for poker players." And he says sociopathic, narcissistic trolls need not apply. Read the interview Lots of questions, few answers in Reid billA draft copy of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's bill to legalize online poker prompts more questions than answers for the GPWA's Vin Narayanan. Reid looking to pass online poker bill this month Staffers for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) are trying to build support for a bill that would license and regulate Internet poker in the United States, according to several media reports. Casino City releases Internet Gambling Report Casino City Press' Internet Gambling Report offers a thorough review of the legal, sociopolitical, technological, and business climate for online gambling around the world from the industry's top legal experts. Nevada regulators will revisit online gambling Nevada gaming regulators say the state would be ready if Sen. Reid's online poker bill succeeds. PPA releases statement on federal legislation The Poker Players Alliance says they are "optimistic" that Congress can pass federal legislation legalizing online poker by the end of the year. Perspectives Weekly discusses U.S. legislation The APCW's J. Todd says New Jersey is trying to do the right thing when it comes to online gambling while Kentucky is not. Plus, he interviews iGaming attorney Martin Owens. Titan joins Playtech's French iPoker network Playtech has announced Titan will join its iPoker network for the French regulated market. Playtech reaches deal with bet365 Games Playtech has announced the addition of its content to bet365's Games Tab offering. Poker Time offering chance to join Dream Team 6 Poker Time's Dream Team 6 promotion is a series of online tournaments with $100,000 in guaranteed prizes. InterCasino introduces three new games InterCasino has introduced two new slot machines as well as a micro-limit blackjack game. William Hill launches "Winter Skills Tournaments" William Hill is holding tournaments in backgammon, dominoes, blackjack, gin rummy and poker dice.   January 24-25Legal Gaming in Europe Summit 2011 As the industry expands, it is imperative to get the lowdown on legislation in lucrative new markets. The 2011 gambling conference agenda is a definitive guide to moving into lucrative European markets.  January 25-27International Casino Exhibition (ICE) ICE covers the entire spectrum of gaming in all its many forms. Over the last three years it has attracted industry professionals from 122 countries, and in 2010 there were 18,676 attendees. |
 A report from comScore found that nearly 80 percent of Australia's Internet population viewed video online in October, with an average viewer watching nearly 8 hours of video during the month.
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Do you do A/B testing on your affiliate sites?
Affiliates often have choices to make when building their sites. Do I feature Casino A or Casino B? Do I run Banner A or Banner B? Affiliates often make these decisions based on their opinion of what will work best. Sometimes affiliates will conduct actual tests comparing alternative approaches and measuring which one performs better. Do you ever perform actual tests comparing and measuring the performance of two or more alternative approaches? View pollLast week's poll results: Do you want to own your own casino? View poll
Affiliates often have choices to make when building their sites. Do I feature Casino A or Casino B? Do I run Banner A or Banner B? Affiliates often make these decisions based on their opinion of what will work best. Sometimes affiliates will conduct actual tests comparing alternative approaches and measuring which one performs better. Do you ever perform actual tests comparing and measuring the performance of two or more alternative approaches? View pollLast week's poll results: Do you want to own your own casino? View poll
Buzzy has been hard at work this week chasing down the latest industry rumors and gossip. Here's a quick look at Buzzy's top finds:
Reid says online poker no longer part of agendaOnline poker bill to feature 15 month blackout?Nevada regulators ready for possible online gambling legislation Google searches to detect bad businessesTitan Poker earns French gaming license
FEATURED PUBLIC FORUM THREADGoogle webmaster stats scrambled?
jctroy440 writes:
I recently have noticed that all of the search query stats on my Google webmaster are scrambled for all of my Web sites (not just the gambling sites). A few are there but most of the page positions are all missing. No other malware detected... In fact nothing else appears to be abnormal, just the stats. Anybody ever see this happen? read more
OTHER PUBLIC THREADSPage rank updateWhat do you secretly want to know?CTR four times higher on first results vs. second
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Help pleaseIrish Luck (Rival)
Google webmaster stats scrambled?jctroy440 writes:
I recently have noticed that all of the search query stats on my Google webmaster are scrambled for all of my Web sites (not just the gambling sites). A few are there but most of the page positions are all missing. No other malware detected... In fact nothing else appears to be abnormal, just the stats. Anybody ever see this happen? read more
OTHER PUBLIC THREADS
Page rank updateWhat do you secretly want to know?CTR four times higher on first results vs. secondPRIVATE FORUM TOPICS (Not a Private Member, Upgrade Now!)
Help pleaseIrish Luck (Rival)
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