There is something I thought you should know

[Alexandre]

Hi,

I’m a member of this forum since January 2006.
I’ve been a Casino Solera client since 2005.
I’m also known as a SEO in France since 2000, proud member of the DarkSeoTeam who GoogleWashed Matt Cutts blog:
http://seoblackhat.com/2005/10/04/do...googlewashing/
http://www.darkseoteam.com/index.php...-to-matt-cutts
Since then, Matt Cutts has shown some consideration for our work:
http://digg.com/security/Matt_Cutts_Blog_Gets_Hacked
http://searchengineland.com/070331-225536.php
http://www.darkseoteam.com/index.php...pril-fools-day

Recently I was contacted by Casino Solera who asked me to optimize the ranking of their website on the Spanish search engine market.
I’ve accepted their offer.
My job is now coming to its end as their website ranks n°1 for almost every query they’ve asked me for on Google.es such as casino, casinos, casino online, casinos online, casino en linea, casinos en linea, video poker, keno, ruleta, juegos de casino, blackjack, etc…(they rank n°11 for poker…can’t always win).
They’ve also asked me to be their spokesman on CasinoMeister but I’ve declined their offer for the moment.
I’m actually working on the new design (persuasive design -> conversion path) of their website which should be live next month.
I'm going to spend the next 3 weeks in their office in Malta in order to work on their affiliation program.
Even if I'm not yet a part of their staff, the fact is that I now have a close business relationship with them and I thought you should be aware of that.

Alexandre

EDIT:
Don’t bother contacting me for SEO or similar jobs because the task was to time consuming and even if I’m proud of the results I’ve gained I won’t do that again on the egaming market.

[RedArmy]

Impressive, must be said.

RedArmy

[vinylweatherman]

I hope you got paid BEFORE posting this, they might not take too kindly to it being public knowledge that they have been "optimised" to No 1 rather than it being "genuine", as such knowledge could have an adverse effect on their credibility - even though we all know that pretty much every online casino does this

[Alexandre]

I hope you got paid BEFORE posting this, they might not take too kindly to it being public knowledge that they have been "optimised" to No 1 rather than it being "genuine", as such knowledge could have an adverse effect on their credibility - even though we all know that pretty much every online casino does this

I've got paid and I'm still working for them on conversion path, personas and persuasive design.
Please, take a closer look a the home page, at the Promotion page and at any game page and tell me what do you think about the design not just in terms of look'n'feel but also in terms of persuasion (the goal is to drive the player to the Register page).
I'm working on a new version at the moment (this one is 3 months old).
I wrote a long article on the subject (the main purpose are landing pages) on a friend's blog.
It in french but 99% of the ressources links to english articles:
http://www.pink-seo.com/blog/les-landing-pages-37

Concerning SEO, Google itself says that websites should be optimized and gives you advices to achieve this task...and I'm not talking about AdWords reps training their clients to get better organic rankings.
Don't feel left aside as AdWords reps don't have a clue about ranking in Google, they just know how to sell AdWords.
Here are some pages where you will find information concerning SEO given by Google itself:
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/
http://www.google.com/support/webmas...y?answer=35769
But the most valuable information coming out fom Google's mouth is spread by Matt Cutts, Mr anti-spam at GG:
http://www.google.com/search?as_site...s_q=seo+advice
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...91836301432169

Concerning Casino Solera's ranking, I did nothing grey or border line, just optimized their website (I didn't buy links I swear, Matt says it's evil) and of course, I did some Voodoo stuff.
The fact is that they deserve they rankings because they are the only online casino 100% focused on the Spanish market.
I would like to add that I kept my freedom of speachness because I was a member of CasinoMeister before I starded working for them and also because I declined their offer to be their spokesman on the forum...but also because they are cool guys.

[uungy]

Just a couple of points

Firstly is Alexandra Montiel on the home page you?

Also I would keep it quiet in regards to promoting this casino.

The VP have had very odd results (personally BJ too), and have been posted on CM before. No answers have ever been given, and while you say you won €12K in the past, I would advise to stick your money elsewhere

Juts my 2 cents

[Alexandre]

Hi Uungy,

No I'm not Alexandra Montiel, I'm Alexandre TOMIC (Google my name + Casino Solera, you should find some infos), a french SEM.
I'm not part of Casino Solera's staff, I work as a consultant on SEM and post clic marketing projects.
As I've explained before, I've played there since early 2005 and I've been contacted by them in summer 2007.
I don't promote them, I don't have such a deal with them and I don't have affiliate website at the moment.
I know that Michael Shackleford has published a warning concerning their video poker.
You can find it here:
http://wizardofodds.com/casinos/b3w.html

But as I said in a previous post:

Recently, the Wizzard of Odds has published a warning concerning the doubts he has about the randomness of their video poker but to me, the Slotland video poker issue is much worth, because we now know for sure that they didn’t mention at the time (since then, they do), that their video pokers were slots….no big worry when you are a VP player.
But everybody here would agree to say that Slotland is a great and fair software (you just have to know that their VP are slots), even if it looks so pre-Web-historic for our Web 2.0 standards.

I've lost my 12K€ a long time ago (it took me less than 2 days) and I had great winning sessions there after that.
As a slot player, B3W is still one of my favourite no download software, with Wagerworks, Netent and Gamesys (JackpotJoy).