Official Poker Site/Network Tracking thread

[Sniper]

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illunious... Thanks for the graph... what is NH BRA?

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You mean it's not kudos to a ladies undergament for heroically restraining mammoth mammaries?

That's a shame.

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Apparently... Bra = Bro [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[fluorescenthippo]

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illunious... Thanks for the graph... what is NH BRA?

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You mean it's not kudos to a ladies undergament for heroically restraining mammoth mammaries?

That's a shame.

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Apparently... Bra = Bro [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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[illunious]

I have a another pretty cool graph for anyone interested... the actual graph is quite large (7600 pixels wide, it goes back to 11-01-06). I won't post it here and destroy the thread width.



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[donkeylove]

I can't believe I read legislation every day and have never read this thread. Thank you for this great info Sniper. Also thanks to pokersitescout.

[morphd]

Nice site Illunios.

And thanks to all who keep this thread going.

Looks like we're really going to need some good news soon, noticing fewer fish lately and lots of threads on Full Tilt/Absolute forums about not being able to get more money on...

[Uglyowl]

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Nice site Illunios.

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[illunious]

Just noticed this today... and my #'s and scouts #'s both agree....

Full Tilt is now the 2nd largest network by avg players for the last week.

Party still peaks higher, but FT has a higher "base" (or whatever you want to call the opposite of peak).

Huge news IMO, and I don't see this rank reverting, based on FT's steady growth.

[CompatiblePoker]

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Huge news IMO, and I don't see this rank reverting, based on FT's steady growth.

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Depends on how they do in the SERPS. They're using some spammy techniques to get to the top of " online poker " in google. They could get penalized but either way they're still doing great right now.

[illunious]

I don't know what you're referring to with the spammy techniques but I'd be very surprised if FT owes the majority of the growth to SEO.

- Their TV ads are very popular and they seem to be the major US advertiser (no figures to back that up)
- They have an almost "branded" show on a US network, NBC
- They came out immediately after the UIGEA with an open statement about US players
- They were the 2nd largest network to remain open to US players, which means a lot for people with multiple accounts moving from Stars/Party to Stars/X
- They have 20+ name pros endorsing the site, both on worldwide TV and online

[CompatiblePoker]

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I don't know what you're referring to with the spammy techniques but I'd be very surprised if FT owes the majority of the growth to SEO.

- Their TV ads are very popular and they seem to be the major US advertiser (no figures to back that up)
- They have an almost "branded" show on a US network, NBC
- They came out immediately after the UIGEA with an open statement about US players
- They were the 2nd largest network to remain open to US players, which means a lot for people with multiple accounts moving from Stars/Party to Stars/X
- They have 20+ name pros endorsing the site, both on worldwide TV and online

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Yeah, its no doubt the above mentioned are the biggest factors for their growth. But they risk ALOT when they spam for top spots for "online poker" which gets about 300-500 thousand hits in Google per month. If Google were to penalize them severly...you probably wouldnt be able to find them even looking for "Full Tilt Poker"....it happened to Party poker.

By spammy tactics I mean buying links on very spammy sites and actually spamming forums. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]