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I don’t see what the problem is for a casino linking back to a particular affiliate site. If I did the kind of volume that onlinecasinosuite does I would probably negotiate this as part of the agreement to give them a hard push too. People have to understand that these super affiliates send massive numbers every month like it’s nothing, so it behooves the program to take special care of certain affiliates as that is where a good majority of their conversions come from.
It’s just business and anyone taking it personally simply doesn’t have a good grasp on what transpires when you do big numbers imho. It just shouldn’t be an issue with anyone and if anything should give you incentive to take your business to the next level so you can start getting the same perks as the top dogs. It’s just like anything in sales, the more volume you do the more clout you have and if you don’t use that to your advantage when your ballin then your not being fair to yourself or your business.
Hehe, what’s really funny – all they got for a home page link was the last spot on the OCS’ list of casinos :tongue: Those are some bad negotiators there at AbsoluteSlots.
Seriously, though, I can’t say anything – If I could get the link I’ll get it. But good online casinos will never jeopardize their websites by linkling to an affiliate website simply for exposure. And considering that all they got was the last spot on the list – AbsoluteSlots must really sux and be quite desperate. Not an uncommon practice, though. I still remember years ago when Sun Palace Casino pulled the same number.
Actually, this is not the first time this controversy has come up. A few years ago, sites were giving out “awards” left and right, which resulted in the programs posting the award emblem and giving a “link” with it.
The fact is that the chances of someone ready to purchase will click on that link are the same as the chance that I’ll click on another link when I go cnn.com or allrecipes.com etc. I do click on other links like that fairly often, so I figure the chances of a player doing the same are pretty good as well.
If a player does go to a competing site, they may well click a casino link from there also. That’s money, isn’t it? Now, if my only goal is to see a player gets what he wants regardless of where he clicks the link, I’ve accomplished my goal. However, if my goal is to make a sale, I’m so not happy about the outcome.
Bottom line, if I’m sure I won’t be happy with a player from my site, by chance, being “redirected” to a competitor’s site, I’d rather not giving them the opportunity to do so. Almost like paying to advertise for someone else to potentially make a sale.
That seems to be Luigi’s point, I think.
If it was likely that people clicked on these, I don’t think the casino would put them there. They want the money too, it’s not in their interest to send the player back to affiliates.
I have considered handing out GamesandCasino approval to those casinos I especially recommend. It would reassure my players – if they noticed.
I would take the approval seriously though – not that many casinos would qualify.
@Stupid 188576 wrote:
… good online casinos will never jeopardize their websites by linking to an affiliate website simply for exposure.
Thank you Stupid, this is really my main point here.
@tryme1 188560 wrote:
I do, however, find SplinterFree’s comments more than a little perplexing – both the reference to making money and feminism seem utterly irrelevant to the topic at hand.
i was in a perplexing state of mind, so no offense to feminists :cappy: besides, relevance is relative :hattip:
the fact of the matter is that casino footer link backs, especially with blending colors, can’t be taken too seriously. if i owned a casino i definitely wouldn’t resort to these tactics because it makes the site look “not so professional”. but it hardly has any effect on affiliate traffic that we send there.
what kind of a player is going to sit there and look for this link? if you are in the mood to gamble and/or play, you are not going to resort to “seo investigations” and start clicking away on footer links. the only footprint players will be looking for are bonus terms and conditions and perhaps the about us page.
this link is mostly irrelevant for 99% of the traffic you send, but if 1% is something you want to worry about, then go ahead
its a game of numbers and i’ld rather worry about something else. over and out…I agree with Splinterfree. The chances are very slim and they’d only click if they weren’t going to sign up anyway. And linking is the underlying concept of the whole Internet. Many of us link to other affiliates ourselves anyway for SEO. No big deal.
We all have to look for new/clever/useful ways to get inbounds and this is just one of them.
Each affiliate is an independent contractor, and have to make this decision for themselves.
Whether the percentage is 99% or 99.99%, whales come 1 at a time, not in volume; really any depositors come 1 at a time. Note the number of downloads vs depositors.
For those who don’t care, there isn’t a problem here!!
