Working as a gambling affiliate for the last ten years has been nothing short of a roller coaster ride. Along with many other PAL affiliates and all U.S. gambling affiliates, I’ve ridden to the highest peaks, only to race back down to the bottom at blistering speeds. And if the ride in the U.S. market wasn’t climbing or dropping, you can bet there were twists and turns around every corner. ...
If you run a VBulletin forum and do not spend much time in their support forums, a new hack alert was shared in late August. All VBulletin 4.1 and later users need to delete their /INSTALL and /CORE/INSTALL directories immediately. The hackers who exploit these directories are creating ADMIN accounts. I also read over there that a FORUMRUNNER exploit may be circulating as well. ForumRunner is a VBulletin addon.
When the UK government announced they were going to clamp down on offshore gaming companies, poker affiliates should be some of the most concerned. Poker has taken a beating many times over and is probably the most fragile gambling niche compared to casino, betting and bingo. The UK government's stance is probably going to be something that other countries notice and comply with. That is forcing gaming companies to comply with their tax regulations even if they don't ...
Wrote this, thought I would share: http://www.affiliatebible.com/blog/a...lf-of-2013.php
Just wanted to write a quick post about some things I've noticed about the affiliate industry and SEO. First of all, I think Panda (content quality, inbound/outbound links, content freshness, page structure, usability) is becoming increasingly important in SEO as Panda is being baked into the core algorithm on a bi-daily basis. What I'm seeing more of nowadays isn't necessarily pages/websites with the most links, but instead fresh pages on authority sites. Pages ...