I can’t agree more.
To Paul: the problem with targeting other countries for someone who uses PPC campaigns is the extreme fraud encountered.
its almost impossible to achieve. I tried using MIVA’s deal where they’ll allow you to use PPC campaigns targeting other countries while I was in the hospital and despite having minimum bids on all keyword phrases …. and then making the mistake of using auto-replenish … that place literally robbed me of $10k in about 2 days time.
while I’m certain not all PPCs are guilty of such ….. I think the majority are. Therefore it doesn’t make it a feasible approach to go that route.
I am almost entirely PPC run. It has served me very well thru the years … and while i read about the free traffic from SEO’ers ….. many times i also read about their income falling off drastically due to changes in the algo’s at such places as google, yahoo etc.
my income has been quite steady because I never needed fearing losing ranking. Of course the ban on gambling ads caused me to have to find ways around it … and i did.
but this has always targeted North American players because of the above mentioned fraud is too rampant in European countries.
So with the pull out of Neteller from Canada …. and of course the USA …. there’s no reliable ewallet solution at this time which I feel comfortable recommending to my readers.
its quite frustrating but I’ve always based anything I do on ….. doing the right thing. Sometimes that means a loss on my bottom line in order to treat people in the manner in which I would want to be treated.
I agree …..the rant should be aimed at our govt’s ….. however … it still remains the fact that a program would not have the players I send them ….. as they base their choices on my judgement NOT the casinos ….. so therefore these casinos would NOT have the players if I hadn’t sent them.
So yes I feel its very prudent that I get credit for their play regardless of the amount of clicks I send for any future months. As mentioned ….. I work very hard to gain and earn the trust of my readers …. often at the cost of my bottom line. So I don’t feel it is asking too much to be compensated for the way I run my business without having intimidation tactics used on me.
It all boils down to whether or not you’re willing to risk your future income …. which I remind is part of the equation when it comes to figuring in how much you can spend to get these players in the first place: on a company using intimidation and predatory terms.
I hope you can understand my position.