New Affiliate and New Website any pointers

[TychePoker]

Hi
I have just started at this so please let me know exactly what I have done wrong!!! I have a thick skin so I wont be offended, just grateful.

I have a site Tyche Poker - Tyche Poker- Poker, Bingo, Sports, Casino Looking for reviews hint tips anything really.

As I said I am new to this and would like to get to know someone or everyone as a mentor in return Im afraid I have very little at the moment Sorry. But at least Im honest.

Thanks in advance.

[TheShortStack]

First up welcome to the forum - good to have you here!

When it comes to the site, I like the template - it looks nice and clean.

Just a few things that jump out at me though:

• Have a read through of the SEO section of the forum- there are a few basic things that you could improve on. Your title tag for example reads Tyche Poker which I'd change to a more generic term as I doubt many people will be searching for that term. Similarly, have a look at your URL's. Personally I reckon you'd probably be better shortening some of them (tychepoker.com/bingo-bonus rather than tychepoker.com/Bingo-Great-Sign-up-bonus.html
• Don't overstretch yourself. Just competing in one gaming vertical is difficult, and it looks like you're trying to rank for poker, bingo and sportsbooks terms all from your first site. That may well be tough
• Get some content up there. Write, write and write some more as there's not a lot for Google to find at the moment!

Just my two cents

[Unknown Webmaster]

This is what I initially wrote.

When you write your title meta tags you should focus on keywords and making it seem relevant so people will click on it when they see it in Google. At the moment each of them starts with "Tyche poker - xxxxxxxxxxxxxx".

Put something relevant to what people are searching for at the beginning of the title like "200$ Party Poker bonus" or "Online Poker Guide". That will give people a much better idea about what your site is about than "Tyche Poker".

If you saw searched for something like
Tyche Poker - Poker - Some background to the game. 150% sign up bonus
Introduction to Poker - Learn the History and Rules of Poker

Then I noticed that some of the text on the site seemed totally out of place.

If you are going to use other people content, which you shouldn't, be sure to check if you are actually allowed to do so and under which conditions.

Read Wikipedia's terms of use here

Re-use of text:
Attribution: To re-distribute a text page in any form, provide credit to the authors either by including a) a hyperlink (where possible) or URL to the page or pages you are re-using, b) a hyperlink (where possible) or URL to an alternative, stable online copy which is freely accessible, which conforms with the license, and which provides credit to the authors in a manner equivalent to the credit given on this website, or c) a list of all authors. (Any list of authors may be filtered to exclude very small or irrelevant contributions.) This applies to text developed by the Wikimedia community. Text from external sources may attach additional attribution requirements to the work, which we will strive to indicate clearly to you. For example, a page may have a banner or other notation indicating that some or all of its content was originally published somewhere else. Where such notations are visible in the page itself, they should generally be preserved by re-users.

You should also reads those from the other sites that you have taken content from and make sure you follow them to the letter, otherwise your site may be taken offline or worse.

[TychePoker]

Hi Guys
Thank for that advice. I thought I had read the wiki details from where I got the background stuff and it said it was copyright free thats why i used it just to fill the page until i get it up and running i will recheck it thx. But i do agree I need to write new stuff. I find it hard to imagine what a site looks like without text so hence the generic stuff.

With regard to seo I am reading the stuff hear but my little brain can only take so much at a go. Will improve title tags. And hopefully next week is writing content.

Thanks again and still willing to take more advice or critism.

[TychePoker]

Unknown webmaster- Thanks for the link to that wiki stuff I redid the search and their is a whole paragraph that states free to distribute or copy for private or commercial use. And then theres your link which is completly different. So thanks a million better safe than sorry I have removed content and will re do it.

I do have a question re trying to cover to much. Does it really harm your ranking to be spead over 4 catagories- poker,bingo,casino,sports. I thought that the similarity in them all being betting would have been an advantage. Really would like some feedback on that.

[pomp]

Am I missing something here. When I click on the links I am getting pages with no content at all in firefox.

[TychePoker]

Hi Pomp
Yes being a rokkie I f****d up. Had to take text away. I will repopulate. But thanks for taking the time to look.
I think I should say to all that I need some time to correct my problem and not waste your valuable time. Also it would allow me to ask for another revue when Im back up.