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[AlanAces]

Hello everyone. I just did a bunch of SEO work in the last week on my website and wanted to know what people thought of it. Any suggestions on ways to improve my SEO, or just suggestions in general are appreciated.
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[AlanAces]

Also, im not sure why the signature function didnt work....

[losercore]

Try to make your home page like your poker rooms page...

One thing I say a lot on site reviews is that I feel people react to images better than text. I don't mean banners and flashing images, just a logo image of the site. When people see the Full Tilt logo for example and it's not a banner they are more inclined to stay on your site and read more. I think people can relate to an image that is familiar. So they see the Full Tilt logo on TV over and over again and then go to your site and that logo is more attractive to them than text.

This is just an opionion of course but I use this on most of my sites and notice that logos/images get way more clicks than text links.

If you notice when you click on poker rooms all of a sudden your eyes have something to focus on and something familiar also.

The problem is a lot of people might not make it to that page. See what you can do to get your home page more like that page and I bet it will help retain visitors. Don't make it the same but try some logos or images

[AlanAces]

I spent most of today working on a re design. Tell me what you think.

[edmc]

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Just looking at your meta tags............way 2 many keywords to be effective. The more you use, the more it will dilute the effect. You dont really have to put the term "rakeback" more than twice. Many Spiders will avoid the page because of the over populated tag. Nice site though

[losercore]

Originally Posted by AlanAces

I spent most of today working on a re design. Tell me what you think.

Yes very nice. Just pulling up for page and I got the idea that there is something there. It makes the visitor want to read more. Looks much better.

On another note your Title may be a bit long and spammy. Google notices keyword spamming and your title might be on the border. From what I hear you should try no more than 9 words in your title and try not use it like obvious keywords.

Your title should be a phrase or 2 that you want to target. For example find out how people search for rakeback and target the phrases not used as much and that are in your text too.
Like: "Poker Rakeback Offers | How To Get Rake Back"

Just an example I have no idea how the competition is on these phrases but I think you get the idea.

The site has a lot of potential. Just need to fine tune it. Add as much content as you can. Page after page. At least one page a day of new, unique content.

I know Rakeback has a lot of competition but I am able to rank in the top 5 for some phrases just by using the right phrases. and I don't even try for that as my main site does not offer rakeback. It can be done just takes time.

As for what EDMC is saying about your keywords I agree. it looks spammy but I don't think it matters too much. I am quilty of this sometimes too. You may want to trim it down a bit though. Rakebak only needs to be in there once or twicw with a mis-spelling like rackback or something. You don't want to look like spam and the keyword meta is so not important that you should just throw in a few phrases for the page. The keywords should be on your page within the text. That would be more important. Maybe a little more explanation of what your site is and throw in the keywords you want to target.
Here is something Google does if it cannot find enough important text on your page. It will use your "page description" meta tag. That tag is more impirtant than keywords and CANNOT be spammy. Your description looks good.

Looking good though

[dbirider]

I agree with what's said above for on site SEO. Over stuffing your meta keywords isn't going to help and it could even hurt.

For your interior pages, using header tags can help. h1 for the main topic, then h2 for sub topics, h3 for sub sub topics. these can be styled to look however you want.

For your review pages adding rakeback to the article title, like 'Full Tilt Poker Rakeback', can help from both a user and SE perspective. And your bonus offers page can be titled, 'poker bonus offers'.

On the actual reviews pages you should avoid using text like 'click here' to link to pages. That doesn't tell the SE's anything about what the page you're linking to is about. Instead make it something like 'betonbet rakeback information' or just 'betonbet rakeback'

I'd also get started on validating the page http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...doctype=Inline .

Don't go to crazy worrying about on site SEO though. It looks like you have a lot of work to do for off site SEO. Just try and get as many links from quality relevant sites as you can. That's how you'll get respect from the search engines.

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Backlinks, original unique content, and like losercore said, keyword and search phrases need to be targetted in your titles. Also make sure all your links use anchor text for the keywords your promoting.

I like the design and the site is looking good so you are well on your way.