Is it possible to get natural links as a poker/casino affiliate? If so...

[Newjabber]

Here you go:
Online Poker Sites – Covering All Things Poker without Bias

Prop rocks in so many ways, respect.

[MJ]

If you have a site that does something (note: I"m not currently in this crowd) natural links are easy to get - raketherake, pokertube, pokertableratings, pokerscout, all great examples.

[baldidiot]

Here you go:
Online Poker Sites – Covering All Things Poker without Bias

Prop rocks in so many ways, respect.

Actually I had seen that before. It's definitely a cool site, but not quite what I meant - I want to go really mainstream and do something like... a "man blog" with post about beer and gadgets and toys, then slip in some high quality poker content. That kind of thing.

[Newjabber]

I want to go really mainstream and do something like... a "man blog" with post about beer and gadgets and toys, then slip in some high quality poker content. That kind of thing.

Alright GL with that...

[Randy Ray]

The Wiz is an outstanding resource but to be honest, people don't like to him because of his awesome content, but instead it's a thinly veiled attempt to link to a site that isn't super heavily monetized, , in the same way people link to Wikipedia, not because it's the best page out there on the subject, but because they are not competing against the affiliate.

Good point. The heavier your monetization looks, the harder it is to get natural links.

[Randy Ray]

Something else I've noticed is that people seem to think that getting "natural links" just happens. That's now how it works. You can ask for links and people will give them to you. I do it all the time. Friends of mine do too. Those are perfectly natural. If you want natural links, you have to promote your content. There are dozens of ways to do this besides just buying links.

Content that's built to attract links isn't the same as content that's built to make money. No, your "Party Poker Room Review" article probably won't get a lot of links. But your article about the "How to Teach Kids Math Using Card Games" will likely attract some natural links, especially if you let some people in the education field know about the article. The authority you get from the links to that page will lift your entire site's rankings, too.