Pedro Engberg

Rob Kerry from Ayima – Gambling / Gaming SEO

The gaming world is probably the most competitive niche in SEO – esp poker and casinos.

There is no secret sauce as there used to be e.g. with old link networks being burned.  Rob shows a graph of search volume and est clickthrough

888 vs William Hill – #1 and #4 respectively. Both are fairly similar in optimisation terms, but what separates them is their backlinks.  Rob uses a similar process to Dave Naylor to rank links according to anchor text, class C IPs and other metrics like PR.

Once you’ve dominated a market – eg casino in UK, what about branching out to other countries -eg France. Use backlink comparisons to check out a few of the top ranked sites in France.  Main conclusion is use a subfolder NOT a subdomain – with a subdomain your authority is starting from scratch. Within Google Webmaster Tools you can register a subfolder to a separate country.  Rob expanded on this more in the Q&A – it is much easier, quicker and cheaper to use a subfolder on a generic TLD to rank for really competitive keyphrases in different countries, compared with building up authority from scratch on different (sub)domains.

My summary:

This was an excellent session as expected with such top class speakers, all so experienced that if you let them talk for any amount of time there’s going to be valuable stuff for anybody who is into Search Engine Optimisation to soak up.  The problem is (and I’ve heard this said about the big SEO conferences compared to say the SEOmoz Pro seminar last year) is that all the talks are so short that speakers cram a shedload of good stuff into a verbal diahorrea of bullet points. It’s so easy to get lost with all this information and for it to go in one ear and out the other! Needless to say I’ll be checking out the slides when they’re released and chatting to the speakers in the pub if possible!

I’m not sure what the next big conference will be about, hopefully they will have one dedicated solely to Web Design in the not too distant future.

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uga_get_option: internal_domains (www.pedroengberg.dk,pedroengberg.dk,www.pedroengberg.com,pedroengberg.com) Checking hostname www.pedroengberg.dk Checking hostname pedroengberg.dk Checking hostname www.pedroengberg.com Checking hostname pedroengberg.com Ending uga_is_url_internal: Get tracker for external URL Start uga_track_external_url: www.freshegg.com/web-design.htm Start uga_get_option: track_ext_links uga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'www.pedroengberg.dk,pedroengberg.dk,www.pedroengberg.com,pedroengberg.com', 'account_id' => 'UA-9539743-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => true, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '20', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/outgoing/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/downloads/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => '1.6.0', 'advanced_config' => true, ) Ending uga_get_option: track_ext_links (1) Tracking external links enabled Start uga_get_option: prefix_ext_links uga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'www.pedroengberg.dk,pedroengberg.dk,www.pedroengberg.com,pedroengberg.com', 'account_id' => 'UA-9539743-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => true, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '20', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/outgoing/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/downloads/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => '1.6.0', 'advanced_config' => true, ) Ending uga_get_option: prefix_ext_links (/outgoing/) Ending uga_track_external_url: www.freshegg.com/web-design.htm Ending uga_track_full_url: /outgoing/www.freshegg.com/web-design.htm Adding onclick attribute for /outgoing/www.freshegg.com/web-design.htm Ending uga_preg_callback: Web Design Start uga_preg_callback: Array Get tracker for full url Start uga_track_full_url: www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://www.pedroengberg.dk/industry-specific-search-strategies-under-the-hood-part-4-2 Start uga_is_url_internal: www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://www.pedroengberg.dk/industry-specific-search-strategies-under-the-hood-part-4-2 Start uga_get_option: internal_domains uga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'www.pedroengberg.dk,pedroengberg.dk,www.pedroengberg.com,pedroengberg.com', 'account_id' => 'UA-9539743-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => true, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '20', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/outgoing/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/downloads/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => '1.6.0', 'advanced_config' => true, ) Ending uga_get_option: internal_domains (www.pedroengberg.dk,pedroengberg.dk,www.pedroengberg.com,pedroengberg.com) Checking hostname www.pedroengberg.dk Checking hostname pedroengberg.dk Checking hostname www.pedroengberg.com Checking hostname pedroengberg.com Ending uga_is_url_internal: Get tracker for external URL Start uga_track_external_url: 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uga_get_option: prefix_ext_links uga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'www.pedroengberg.dk,pedroengberg.dk,www.pedroengberg.com,pedroengberg.com', 'account_id' => 'UA-9539743-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => true, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '20', 'footer_hooked' => true, 'filter_content' => true, 'filter_comments' => true, 'filter_comment_authors' => true, 'track_ext_links' => true, 'prefix_ext_links' => '/outgoing/', 'track_files' => true, 'prefix_file_links' => '/downloads/', 'track_extensions' => 'gif,jpg,jpeg,bmp,png,pdf,mp3,wav,phps,zip,gz,tar,rar,jar,exe,pps,ppt,xls,doc', 'track_mail_links' => true, 'prefix_mail_links' => '/mailto/', 'debug' => true, 'check_updates' => true, 'version_sent' => '1.6.0', 'advanced_config' => true, ) Ending uga_get_option: prefix_ext_links (/outgoing/) Ending uga_track_external_url: www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://www.pedroengberg.dk/industry-specific-search-strategies-under-the-hood-part-4-2 Ending uga_track_full_url: /outgoing/www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://www.pedroengberg.dk/industry-specific-search-strategies-under-the-hood-part-4-2 Adding onclick attribute for /outgoing/www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://www.pedroengberg.dk/industry-specific-search-strategies-under-the-hood-part-4-2 Ending uga_preg_callback: Start uga_preg_callback: Array Get tracker for full url Start uga_track_full_url: www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://www.pedroengberg.dk/industry-specific-search-strategies-under-the-hood-part-4-2 Start uga_is_url_internal: www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://www.pedroengberg.dk/industry-specific-search-strategies-under-the-hood-part-4-2 Start uga_get_option: internal_domains uga_options: array ( 'internal_domains' => 'www.pedroengberg.dk,pedroengberg.dk,www.pedroengberg.com,pedroengberg.com', 'account_id' => 'UA-9539743-1', 'enable_tracker' => true, 'track_adm_pages' => true, 'ignore_users' => true, 'max_user_level' => '20', 'footer_hooked' => true, 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/outgoing/www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://www.pedroengberg.dk/industry-specific-search-strategies-under-the-hood-part-4-2 Ending uga_preg_callback: Share on Facebook Ending uga_filter:

Rob Kerry from Ayima – Gambling / Gaming SEO

The gaming world is probably the most competitive niche in SEO – esp poker and casinos.

There is no secret sauce as there used to be e.g. with old link networks being burned.  Rob shows a graph of search volume and est clickthrough

888 vs William Hill – #1 and #4 respectively. Both are fairly similar in optimisation terms, but what separates them is their backlinks.  Rob uses a similar process to Dave Naylor to rank links according to anchor text, class C IPs and other metrics like PR.

Once you’ve dominated a market – eg casino in UK, what about branching out to other countries -eg France. Use backlink comparisons to check out a few of the top ranked sites in France.  Main conclusion is use a subfolder NOT a subdomain – with a subdomain your authority is starting from scratch. Within Google Webmaster Tools you can register a subfolder to a separate country.  Rob expanded on this more in the Q&A – it is much easier, quicker and cheaper to use a subfolder on a generic TLD to rank for really competitive keyphrases in different countries, compared with building up authority from scratch on different (sub)domains.

My summary:

This was an excellent session as expected with such top class speakers, all so experienced that if you let them talk for any amount of time there’s going to be valuable stuff for anybody who is into Search Engine Optimisation to soak up.  The problem is (and I’ve heard this said about the big SEO conferences compared to say the SEOmoz Pro seminar last year) is that all the talks are so short that speakers cram a shedload of good stuff into a verbal diahorrea of bullet points. It’s so easy to get lost with all this information and for it to go in one ear and out the other! Needless to say I’ll be checking out the slides when they’re released and chatting to the speakers in the pub if possible!

I’m not sure what the next big conference will be about, hopefully they will have one dedicated solely to Web Design in the not too distant future.

 

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