Site review, beginner.

[Aleks]

Hi. I just put up my website. And keep on contracting with various casinos.
Would like to have some serious criticism.

The page called www.OdensCasinoPortal.se
Tell me if u want me to translate something

And one more question ... im using banner scripts, flash and html ... But Adblock seems to block my script banners.
So I am thinking if i should upload my own GIF banners, but if I do that i can not see how many clicks I get
And uploading my own GIF banners are better for SEO.
Some advice?

 

[KasinoKing]

Would like to have some serious criticism.

Honestly?
OK - it looks pretty horrible.
There's virtually NO content at all - just 5-6 pages of the same banners!

Your choice of casinos to promote is... odd.
You will be lucky to see ANY action at Intercasino, 888 are rip-off artists (IMO), and Karamba + Lucky 247 have bad reputations.
I suggest you look at more "Scandinavian-friendly" NetEnt based casinos.

Your home-page has graphics of NetEnt slots StarBurst & Gonzo - but 3 of your 5 casinos don't even have NetEnt games!

You are going to need to do a LOT of work on the site if you ever expect any players to sign-up.

KK

 

[RyanWeb]

I wouldn't call it much of a website.. Yet... But its a start. Taking the first step is doing more then a lot of people will ever do. It looks more like a "Coming Soon.. " placeholder page. I would spend some time, maybe a few days... Looking around the forums.. Here and GPWA maybe, read as much as you can and take a look at many different sites.. Then brainstorm and try to come up with something unique that your site may be able to provide that everyone else doesn't have yet.. Think of a handful of keywords you might hope to one day rank for, shoot for something unique.. Then fill your site with high quality content..

Good luck.

 

[Guard Dog]

I remember starting like that and then filling in with content. I would pull in a nice template, modify it to your liking, then start building content. Your focus seems to be solid, just need to fill it in with something for the user to see.

 

[Kadabra]

I remember starting like that and then filling in with content. I would pull in a nice template, modify it to your liking, then start building content. Your focus seems to be solid, just need to fill it in with something for the user to see.

Second that. You just need to sit down and start writing for few weeks

Regarding your question: personally, I host the banners myself - happens to many times that the program has some downtime and then you have an empty box in the middle of a page. The negative- you won't see the "views"

 

[WagerPod]

The blue can be a little off-putting, certainly with all the banners. I learned the hard way and now I just use clean sites, my main focus is adding value for players with them signing up secondary. I know this seems counter-productive but the harder you push for conversions by spamming banners the worse your conversion, from what I've found.

 

[tobbe]

I get the following popup on every page / page load, which defiantly makes me not wanna read further or click through to other innerpages just to see it again. Sure I use AdBlock which can be annoying for a webmaster but it makes it very un-userfriendly. Use php cookie/session to make sure it's only shown once, or (which I suggest) remove it. Just because some banners ain't displayed doesn't mean you can't get any value from the visitor. Text links works beautiful.

Kind of funny how it says "We do not use any annoying popup windows or similar" as an argument to make the user turn off ABP,
when the first thing that happen when I visited the site was to get an annoying window thrown in my face, that with adblock ON

 

[Aleks]

Haha i didnt think about that Tobbe
I will go for your advice

Thank u KasinoKing. Why do karamba and Lucky247 have bad repetation?

Thank all of u for the critic! Il take it very seriously, and i know it looks like crap for the moment haha
I have come up with a logo, and working on to make it look nice, i u have some ideas throw them at me and i will catch em

/Odens CasinoPortal

 

[Onlinea]

hi Odens,

honestly your website look likes it's under construction with terrible layout and ugly font. But don't let this to bring down your motivation.
It's good to start with Wordpress and some WP template. It's easy to set up and master WP administration + you can easily get responsive layout.
And it's easy to upgrade in the future with new funcionalities. Once you set up WP watch for some WP SEO tutorial and then start with content filling.

Hope this will help you good luck!

 

[Onlinea]

ah it's already WP, haven't check your source code

 

[roey]

It loads pretty quick......

 

[LandofOz]

The site needs much more textual content if it is going to rank in the serps for gambling related search terms.

 

[slotplayer]

yes, that's the wrong font to use. It needs to be cleaner.

 

[KasinoKing]

Thank u KasinoKing. Why do karamba and Lucky247 have bad repetation?

Just that I've seen a lot of "complaints" threads about both of them over at Casinomeister. Not sure of all the exact details - but where there's smoke...

Lucky 247 have a rule which limits your cash-out to Deposit x6 if you take their welcome bonus - a lot of players hate this and think it is totally unfair.
I do list this casino on my website - but with a warning about this term so players can decide if they're happy to accept that or not.
They also ARE CM accredited - but I still think there are better alternatives - especially for the Scandinavian market.

KK

 

[bobby sand]

I second most of the comments made on the site. You need add a lot more content and also have a specific purpose in mind for your website. At the moment its quite hard to guage what the site exactly is about and who your target audience is. You should think of the mind frame of a visitor to your site and what they may be looking for. The other thing I'd say is get analytics and understand what people do when they land on your site. i.e. do they exit, what's your bounce rate, time on site etc.. By getting these stats you'll know exactly what you need to do to retain people that visit your site.

 

[Frank]

Flash was dropped by Chrome and Firefox.. it's also a massive resource hog-- My opinion on the site? it looks like something that would pop up from a Pirate site.. its just pages with banners.. it's usually a good idea to check out the competition to see what they are doing to get some tips.

 

[Aleks]

Do somebody know where i can find som scripts for an casino affiliate? Or should i make my own?

 

[affeco]

scripts as in automatic listings of the casinos or games?
tbh it sounds like you are trying to take the easy road for this (sry if i misunderstand what you mean )

For the review of your site:
You should really approach this different, one way to do it is to create your site with focus on adding good content/reviews/news and then later focus on the extra features or ideas you have.
As other said or implying is that you wasted your time by putting up this site before you have any content and often that leads to more work when you later have to change things, re-design etc

There is way to many banners on your site also, users generally dont like that, instead you should either use buttons or text link in your content which also convert much better and also solves your adblock problem.

Dont take all this the hard way as you allready did more than many others by buying the domain and upload a website, and i am only trying to help you.

GL with your site

 

[Aleks]

scripts as in automatic listings of the casinos or games?
tbh it sounds like you are trying to take the easy road for this (sry if i misunderstand what you mean )

For the review of your site:
You should really approach this different, one way to do it is to create your site with focus on adding good content/reviews/news and then later focus on the extra features or ideas you have.
As other said or implying is that you wasted your time by putting up this site before you have any content and often that leads to more work when you later have to change things, re-design etc

There is way to many banners on your site also, users generally dont like that, instead you should either use buttons or text link in your content which also convert much better and also solves your adblock problem.

Dont take all this the hard way as you allready did more than many others by buying the domain and upload a website, and i am only trying to help you.

GL with your site

No, I thank you so much for the criticism.
Will start working on acquiring more content, and replacing banners to text links and buttons

 

[AussieDave]

Here's a couple of suggestions:

• Lose the wood background - it's 480KB and does nothing to compliment your site.
• Navigation - needs to be more defined (different colour than body text colour + hover colour is too vivid).
• Black text on white background for body text.