Lately I have been talking to a lot affiliates about rakeback. It's one of those things that undoubtedly is not going to go away in the industry. If anything it is going to increase and players are going to demand it even more as they become more savvy and educated.

As affiliates, we could argue all day long if rakeback is right or wrong, or even how we would like to see poker affiliate programs approach it. Unfortunately however, it is really out of our hands. At some point in...

Many of you probably see the partner sites in the right sidebar every day on this site. And for many affiliates, PAL/CAL are communities you visit every day. Don't worry, I see the analytics, I know. However, how many of you promote a large majority of the sites we have listed here?

Out of the enormous amount of poker affiliate programs that are currently in the market, the programs listed here are programs that see the...

Over the past few weeks I have spoken with a few affiliates who are interested in creating an online community or adding a forum to their existing poker affiliate site. Quite frankly I think there is a lot of misconceptions about operating forums. They are no where near as profitable as many would think.

I think the reason most people want to run a community versus a static content site is because it is something tangible where you can see real activity from members every day. However...

Actually it's probably not just Verizon, all cell phone companies suck. Although a simple google search of the term Verizon Sucks will confirm that there are 1.3 million people who feel the same way I do.

So here is the premise for my venting. I have been a Verizon wireless customer since getting my first cell phone, a Motorola Startac 6000 at some point in the late 90's. I have spent thousands of dollars with these clowns throughout the years. Currently I have a business account...

Since getting into the online gambling affiliate business I have spoken and written about how ridiculous the lottery is on a few different occasions. I don't dislike the lottery because it's gambling, in fact I love that you can spend $1 and have a chance to win $200 million. I mean that's beyond life changing money, that's Barack Obama type loot.

The part that bothers me the most is that the lotteries here in the United States will never address that playing the lottery is hard core...