Online Gambling / Porn Comparisons

[Graham]

Originally Posted by J S

I just want to know how all of those pharmacy sites knew I had a small penis??

Agreed it is frustrating to see us lumped in the same boat.

LOL...Self-humiliation is the best form of humor... that was great

[robertphillips]

Originally Posted by Jeremy

Nothing pisses me off more than when I see the general internet marketing community comparing gambling webmasters, especially poker webmasters to porn sites and pharmacy pushers. ******venting in progress******

In any industry there is going to be spammers and blackhatters. In the poker market however the amount of spam is actually quite minimal. I can't remember the last time I got a spam email from an affiliate pushing one of the bigger rooms. I do receive a smaller amount of spam for casinos unfortuantely, but nowhere even remotely close to how much I get for porn and pharmacy.

It really is a shame too. The most talented affiliates in the online gaming market are way more knowledgeable than many of the other top dogs in the various other industries. Likewise if you look at the amount of professionalism here, it is evident that this market is just as legitimate as any other affiliate market.

It is really too bad that poker webmasters get lumped into this stereotype of all being blackhat spammers like the porn and pharmacy guys do.

Your right on the spot on this one I use to promote online poker in network sites all the time and was black listed by alot of people

Alot of people just dont like gambling in general I had to remove my poker site from my sig because of it

I do also market other things didnt want the hang up about it

[Holyman]

I've been getting tons of those emails too.. Just started a few weeks ago also..

[TheDonk]

I'm not bothered at all by any misconceptions others may have of me or my business. I fully understand what everyone is talking about here, it's just that people who don't matter to me...don't matter to me. Every business has it's challenges, and in ours this is a challenge that many webmasters aren't willing to take on. I'm thankful for that as the competition is fierce enough as it is. Let others continue to spread such garbage about our industry, we should encourage it as to ensure that we keep it ours. When it comes to people I come into direct contact with, I take special pleasure in telling conservative types that this is what I do, and that I'm proud of it. It wouldn't be fun for me if I came across as a degenerate, but people don't expect it from me and it gives me the opportunity to show them that it's okay for 'normal' people to play a little poker. To webmasters who to put us down I say "you're right, it's a dirty, filthy business that you should stay away from". When everything changes in the next year or two, we'll be the ones getting rich, while the rest will be wondering why they didn't see the light.

TheDonk