Advantages of a Blog
One of those Web2.0 hypes are blogs. Everybody can blog about everything and everybody can read that. As a Poker Affiliate you can profit from a good blog and there are several opportunities to implement such a blog into your portfolio. In this article we talk about the advantages of blogs.
Use Wordpress with own domains
You shouldn't use a blog system where your blog is hosted by a big blog provider. Instead you should by a domain with webspace and instal a Wordpress blogging software for free. A domain costs about $ 10 and good Webspace packages are available for $ 50. That's not that big of an investment and it's worth it. Then you have an own and independent site.
Choosing a domain
As a blogger you have to great opportunity that you can comment on other blogs and put a link to your blog. Of course you could do that with almost any kind of website but blogger like to see comments from other blogs. They take a look at it and maybe put up a link to your blog if they like it.
But blogger have big spam issues with blog spammers that misuse the comment function. So good blogs use a filter that blocks comments with suspicious URLs. If your domain contains Viagra, Porn, Tits, Casino, Poker and so on your comment might just be blocked because they think you spam. So you should choose a domain without the phrase „poker“ or „casino“. It's not that bad although you loose some Google value. But it's worth it if you want to become an active blogger.
Take 2
Two blogs are better than one. First of all you can take unlimited domains at a good webhoster so it only costs one more domain. Then you can focus on two different topics. For instance blog A blogs about your live poker experience while blog B is about your Poker Affiliate career. Or blog A is about your online poker career while B is a pokernews blog.
If you have two nice blogs you can exploit that easily.
Advantages with link exchanges
A big advantage of having one blog besides your main page is that you have more link exchange options. You now have at least two sites and are able to make a 3-Way Link Exchange. Even better: your main page can be completely external-link free!
So if you find a link exchange partner you can offer a link from your blog while he's linking to your main site.
Blogs offer many advantages that you should use as a Poker Affiliate. Especially when your main site is already running and you have some cash to buy blog domains and webspace.