Review 2 new sites - Newbie here

[GFPC]

Well i am not a newbie in the industry but i have limited knowledge in the SportsBook and Bingo Markets. Had these sites for a while that were sitting there and just decided this weekend to get them online.

They are far from finished - we have over 50-60 stored pages to be placed on them and different rooms to add and remove, and articles to put online.

This is just the backbone sort of what it will look like. I had already got reviews on the bingo banner a few months back but just wanted to place the sites here to get everyones perspective.

Good or Bad please let me know what you think in terms of layout, graphics, anything that could be helpful.

Once were done these two i will have another 2 to show - haha.

Any thoughts please be my guest as i said its a work in progress - i just hate seeing 100s of content we bought sit in our folders and not be online

Here are the sites

http://www.bingobonusguide.co.uk/

http://www.sportsbettingsite.org/

thanks folks

note: ignore most of the content though on these ones.. its just filler for the most part..

[GFPC]

THROW me some reviews!! HAHA - i posted on weekend when no one was around..

[xecutable]

I will be first one. Please know that, I might be the best source of information, as I do not have that much of experience, but every opinion counts right ? I have also researched and read more about sports betting websites. In fact I can send you an article over PM if you want, on a mentor of mine, that explains it pretty well.

I believe that if you want to drive traffic to a sports betting website, you gotta have some sort of previews and betting tips. Most punters research for betting tips online and there's a pretty good chance they will read your preview. That traffic however, hasn't converted well for me at least. It's only when I started including specific sportsbook specials and money-back offers, when I started seeing registrations.

I cannot comment on colors, as everyone has a different taste. I personally prefer lighter themes, but this is only my own view. I would go for longer reviews mostly because you would want those pages to rank well in the serps by itself. For example your bet365 review has the automatic bet365 codes. Writing your own unique reviews (or paying someone to do that) will definitely help the site stand out.

I see that you have highlighted the key points of each book, but it has no call to action words with LINKS in them. For example on the Bet Phoenix review page, if this was me looking for a place to click I'd try to click on that red "New Players receive massive 50% signup bonus".

I wouldn't include a book quoting EU odds only like Unibet in the UK section as well. I however like the idea of providing such lists by countries. Just a suggestion, don't have to agree with me on this one.

The rest looks fine to me to be honest. You would also probably want a news or promotions section of content that's updated daily. Since you have already mentioned that you have bought content, I believe this is something you can always get.


On your front page, the bet365 link ends with rel=, I am guessing you forgot a " somewhere, as this happens when I forget that . The bet365 Play now button too.

Your footer will most likely need a 18+ icon and some of the gamble addiction sites.

I am out of time for now, but PM me if you want to read that article, won't hurt to look at it .

Regards,

[GFPC]

hey thanks buddy. You have been so helpful. I am so greatful for your advice. Yes the site was just put there to see the feel of it. The content and rooms are all changing. I personally asked my partner to just shove it online just so i can see it and get reviews. Content i have got a real good sorts writer and its sitting on my computer.

Daily tips and stuff -were looking for a long term sports betting writer and once we get one we like well spend all the time editing the site and getting the content online. This was just a brief sketch really.

Same goes for the bingo site. BUt we already have an excellent Bingo writer and that will be done soon as well.

I appreciate anything you can offer in terms of advice mate - I am seriously a noob at sports but really wanted to get into it just for shits and giggles.

I will certainly get in touch soon for some pointers.. and perhaps sub affiliate for you

[xecutable]

No worries glad, that I could help. Might wanna fix those 2 bet365 links. Not sure if the type might not cause some sort of tracking loss. It's this that's causing the problem

href="/go/bet365.php%20rel=" nofollow"="" target="_blank">Bet365

[LiveCasinoPartners]

I think xecutable had some great feedback on the content. I think that the site looks good. The only comment I'd have is that when it first loaded it looked very static. Maybe some flash banners would give it more of a dynamic feel. That was my "organic" feeling when loading the page. Other than that I like the layout and color schemes. Please let us know when you have your first depositing player.
Cheers!
Adrian

[GFPC]

Hey thanks Adrian,

Awesome mate! Appreciate the comments. I agree actually about your "static" comment. Originally I wanted some flash banners to be on there but then i started thinking.....

I have had sites before with flash banners and it never really caught on. I guess it would depend on the site and how you placed them. I am going to have to trial it out and test different things since its Sports and Bingo - I am willing to venture and try anything

Funny thing - we have a Poker site very similar in appearance and i thought the same thing and i recall asking around if i should add banners and i was told "DO NOT ADD FLASH BANNERS" LOL.....

As it turns out that poker sites gets around 50 - 60 deposits a month (sometimes less some times more) - so i kind of like feel like wow..

I agree though for me personally i feel it looks boring - but as i was told sites will do better without banners - which from experience in my case seems true.

I can venture though with these sites - not expecting deposits for a while so i can fool around a bit and test things...

I think xecutable had some great feedback on the content. I think that the site looks good. The only comment I'd have is that when it first loaded it looked very static. Maybe some flash banners would give it more of a dynamic feel. That was my "organic" feeling when loading the page. Other than that I like the layout and color schemes. Please let us know when you have your first depositing player.
Cheers!
Adrian

[Gabriel_LCP]

Hi there!! I wanted to bud in and say that I agree with the past comments! Nothing like a couple of flash banners to liven things up a little! But I like what you have written so far on both sites.

On the sportsbetting site I noticed that on the sections above "sportsbetting arcticles" is the only one not starting with a capital letter! I know its not that important but still it would look better with the capital S! Then at the bottom I see you have GPWA and CAP, you could add their respective logos making it look a bit more awesome!

Well I hope these minor things help out a little! Best of luck to you!

[GFPC]

Hey thanks so much Gabriel - appreciate the nice words - I agree - once were all ready to add the proper content well fix er all up - then i will report back and get a re - evaluation haha...

thanks so much guys!!

[ocreditor]

hi,
good luck with these
your sites' 2 line top navigation bars look too spacious and will push the entire content - lists and what not - down on the user's browser. not a good thing in my opinion.

[GFPC]

ahh thanks ocreditor.... good point.. looking into it thanks mate

[BHL]

Looks good, Loads fast..
My 2 cents.. I would work on improving the colors and images a bit, make it have more of a modern look. The buttons and all are great though. Just need a tad higher quality. It depends on which program you use, but some make the images really crappy when you resize them.

[GFPC]

BHL thank you so much - i really appreciate your valid points! Greatful for you contribution. Its wonderful the advise i am getting. Thank you so much everyone.

[ocreditor]

ahh thanks ocreditor.... good point.. looking into it thanks mate

Not a problem,good luck with the sites!

[ocreditor]

NP
If you know what browser the visitors to your set use, what screen size in fact, then you can imagine where the landing page they reach is cut off. Do you really want to take an inch off the top for a navigation bar that can be half that height?
Surely there's a slim banner you can stick there...

Good luck