Do gambling-related websites need a separate news section?

[Fortify]

Lately I’ve been thinking about how gambling-related websites handle different types of content. Reviews and in-depth articles are one thing, but short updates feel more natural in a separate feed, so I ended up adding a dedicated news section to LuckAtlas: https://luckatlas.com/en/media-room/

I also made the project multilingual, so anyone who prefers a different language can switch it from the menu.

Curious what people here think — do you actually read short news updates on sites like this, or mostly visit them for reviews and longer articles? And does keeping the news separate make things easier to navigate, or is it just another section you’d probably ignore?

The gambling sector is one of the most highly competitive sectors for advertising online and they're always striving to make the website look "busy" to search engines because anything that can generate a free source of traffic could be highly lucrative. It's clear that gambling sites don't have a whole lot of stuff to post and they often manufacture rather basic competitions. It's not totally useless though as in a vacuum, if all else was equal, search engine algorithms will recognize and prefer a site with "fresh" content of any variety over another one that does not seem to be receiving any updates. You also never know if these news articles manage to rank for some obscure terms which funnel in visitors, which is a common method for driving traffic online. It's very similar to content being posted on X - stay active and eventually it might pay off with a new source of cheap traffic.

[Doan9269]

We don't have to make things complicated for ourselves when there are already different sections to anything we want about gambling even on the internet, if you are more concerned about gambling news, there are sections for it and you will discover some website as well you can discuss more of gambling news and updates and the also have apps, there are others that only specify on predictions and odds, the predict games and I'm not referring to prediction marketing, but tipsers an other gambling influencers all have their categories and where they can be found.

[Floczy]

It's actually a good approach to develop the website.

Meanwhile I will advise even as you work on these stuffs also make sure you do well to properly advertise your website, these things will only matter if you have people checking the web out, so also prioritize the advertisement of your web, there are several ways you can advertise in this forum make good use of them..

[Rashlyowl]

Lately I’ve been thinking about how gambling-related websites handle different types of content. Reviews and in-depth articles are one thing, but short updates feel more natural in a separate feed, so I ended up adding a dedicated news section to LuckAtlas: https://luckatlas.com/en/media-room/

I also made the project multilingual, so anyone who prefers a different language can switch it from the menu.

Curious what people here think — do you actually read short news updates on sites like this, or mostly visit them for reviews and longer articles? And does keeping the news separate make things easier to navigate, or is it just another section you’d probably ignore?

Having a separate section for news about the latest information on sites or gambling in general is important, placing it on the site's homepage would certainly be annoying for users, that is how I felt when playing on older-generation gambling sites. However, if what you actually mean is something like flash news for players, it is usually better to handle that via notifications. I don't know how others feel, but I personally don't regularly check for new content on news page.



Like Rainbet Blog, last time I visited it was two months ago.

[Uhwuchukwu53]

Generally what makes some person and draw attention to some news is the combination of others field or even if gambling new is specifically for football it will not drag much attention because those that don't love football may not desire to go through such news site the mixed up with others advert draw more attention gambling sites is gradually gain it weight within the society but to operate it's news may reduce the speed and spread of it's spread as those who have aversion to gambling may not search on the news site unlike the way they come across it news in mixed up with others news because all news may be likely to be advertise in their site, though just my opinion stand to be corrected.

[Filicius]

First of all, why you're posting here? I looked at your website and found nothing related to crypto gambling. There is just some reviews about Ukraine based gambling platforms without crypto support.
And no, I'm not really interesting in such news, I'm not going to visit 3rd party websites to read such stuff. What only interests me is various promos of gambling websites.

I think most gamblers think the same as you. In my case, I like to read a few news other members share with us in this board, but that's an exception and the fact that we are a community makes them more interesting, at least that's my feeling. But reading to gambling news in gambling related press or websites I think it's a waste of time unless it's very striking news, and sporadically.

What I have seen on some websites that were directly related to some casinos or sportsbooks, are articles in which they explain the history of a certain game, or sport, with curious facts, and perhaps some information on how to play. It's not that I'm a big consumer of such content, either, but it might make more sense to me.

[LuckAtlas]

It's actually a good approach to develop the website.

Meanwhile I will advise even as you work on these stuffs also make sure you do well to properly advertise your website, these things will only matter if you have people checking the web out, so also prioritize the advertisement of your web, there are several ways you can advertise in this forum make good use of them..

Thanks, that’s a good point. I’m not looking at paid promotion yet - first I want to understand what actually works here without turning it into spam.
A few people already gave useful feedback on the site and the news section, so I’m taking that on board too.
For those who’ve been on Bitcointalk for a while: what usually works best for a new project here — useful threads, regular participation, a signature once the rank allows it, or something else?

[aioc]

Curious what people here think — do you actually read short news updates on sites like this, or mostly visit them for reviews and longer articles? And does keeping the news separate make things easier to navigate, or is it just another section you’d probably ignore?

It's not something new, and it has proven to pull visitors. Askgamblers.com already implemented this, and they have categories on their news and articles.

https://www.askgamblers.com/news, so go ahead and create a page for it, just make sure that the news is interesting and up to date. If you're involved in a community, you'll want to get fresh updates on that community, whether it's a new regulation, scandals, or news about sporting events.

[_act_]

Curious what people here think — do you actually read short news updates on sites like this, or mostly visit them for reviews and longer articles? And does keeping the news separate make things easier to navigate, or is it just another section you’d probably ignore?

I do not like the site user interface. It makes it looks somehow. It is better you use colour like black or something better. The site look like galaxies image in the cosmic ocean or like someone is looking at many stars on the sky but not pleasing to my eyes at all.

I do not like reading such articles, but if the UI is changed to better mature one, maybe I can give it a try on your website.

[Merit.s]

Good job OP. However, you need to work on the website background to make it easier to read because it took me time to read through. I love checking out for news updates from casinos and with your site, it's gon be very easy for me.

Take your time to improve the site UI so that more people will be interested in coming to this site for gambling news updates. That is my little advice.

[M47AK16]

Curious what people here think — do you actually read short news updates on sites like this, or mostly visit them for reviews and longer articles? And does keeping the news separate make things easier to navigate, or is it just another section you’d probably ignore?

I guess that this sub board of forum is more than enough to come across major news of known casinos as people do create topics of important events and news. Other than this, for all casino related news, casino itself do send mails to me to get know. So, I do not think, there would be any need of any separate part on the casino website for only news. In some casinos, there is news feed provision to learn about the latest happening which includes all casino updates and events.

When twitter kind of social media are doing the same exact thing regarding conveying major news to all gamblers, I guess that there would be no need for a separate section on the casino website itself for news update. We already have enough provisions to get about all latest updates and events through various channels.

[Proty]

I think it is a nice idea to keep the news section separate because people always have a specific reason why they visit review sites, the news part may just be for quick glance.
The option of different languages is also another good feature, especially if the sites want people from different countries to utilise the service. As for  me ,  I won't frequent the news section and it would be good to keep the news update to be brief and informative instead of it to be vague and occupying many pages which may make it to be boring for people to go through because of the many pages.

[mak013]

Lately I’ve been thinking about how gambling-related websites handle different types of content. Reviews and in-depth articles are one thing, but short updates feel more natural in a separate feed, so I ended up adding a dedicated news section to LuckAtlas: https://luckatlas.com/en/media-room/

I also made the project multilingual, so anyone who prefers a different language can switch it from the menu.

Curious what people here think — do you actually read short news updates on sites like this, or mostly visit them for reviews and longer articles? And does keeping the news separate make things easier to navigate, or is it just another section you’d probably ignore?

Personally, I like it. Short teaser, quick switch to the full version. I'm not sure, but maybe it would be better to hide the article's opening under the teaser so more news fits on one page. Still, it should be tested first - it could hurt the news sections. Later, it might be possible to split the news into sections too: football, esports, etc.

[gracreavix]

It's a good thing. At least there will be different sections for each use and activity. Hope it will majorly be for news? Why am I saying this. First there's nothing wrong with ads, but if it's get too much then it's less of a news for gambling and a place where advertisement takes place. That's just my concern.

[Mia Chloe]

Lately I’ve been thinking about how gambling-related websites handle different types of content. Reviews and in-depth articles are one thing, but short updates feel more natural in a separate feed, so I ended up adding a dedicated news section to LuckAtlas: https://luckatlas.com/en/media-room/

I also made the project multilingual, so anyone who prefers a different language can switch it from the menu.

Curious what people here think — do you actually read short news updates on sites like this, or mostly visit them for reviews and longer articles? And does keeping the news separate make things easier to navigate, or is it just another section you’d probably ignore?

I visited your site and it's a fine idea honestly but at the same time I think you should do a few adjustments on the website style. You should consider making it more simple and less colourful. Make the headers to each of the head lines stand out better it would improve organisation.

Anyways I think the only setback here is casino competition because everyone would prefer to be at the top headlines which is why realtime updates would be very nice.

[savetheFORUM]

Lately I’ve been thinking about how gambling-related websites handle different types of content. Reviews and in-depth articles are one thing, but short updates feel more natural in a separate feed, so I ended up adding a dedicated news section to LuckAtlas: https://luckatlas.com/en/media-room/

I also made the project multilingual, so anyone who prefers a different language can switch it from the menu.

Curious what people here think — do you actually read short news updates on sites like this, or mostly visit them for reviews and longer articles? And does keeping the news separate make things easier to navigate, or is it just another section you’d probably ignore?

Not bad, but wouldn't it be better if the updates are simply available directly on that page instead of a link that will take you to another page with more details about the news? Because if we are talking about short news and updates, then those updates should be concise and available directly on that page. What I'm suggesting is that you should keep it the same way, but instead of making the header clickable, just make the news or update shorter and let it be displayed on the same page within the section of that specific news or update.

I also agree with someone who said that the background is a bit too much. It would be better if you can change it to something more decent, like maybe something plain, even if it's not plain, at least the section where text is placed, the background around there should look plain so that text is more easily readable.

Other than that, it looks good, and casinos-related platforms can surely have a section like that which can be useful but as I said, only if the updates are available directly on that page.

[Smack That Ace]

Curious what people here think — do you actually read short news updates on sites like this, or mostly visit them for reviews and longer articles? And does keeping the news separate make things easier to navigate, or is it just another section you’d probably ignore?

Tbh, I never visit affiliate & review site like this to read breaking news.
When I want to catch up on the news I go straight to dedicated media outlet like Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, iGaming Business or Reuters.
When I visit any casino review site my primary goal is to find trustworthy review and check terms of bonus. At times I also enjoy reading in depth casino analyses.

So if news shared in your Media Room section consist merely of generic or rehashed industry update. Such as that casino has secured a new license then 99% of user will likely ignore it, imo.

[Silverstonez]

So I don't know if you are asking for a separate sub section for gambling news feed and that could originate from the meta section. But otherwise, this is resourceful for gamblers who want to check on the latest news updates and what reviews on the casinos they are playing with instead of sourcing for such information outside the forum.

I think op is suggesting that gambling related platforms like he’s should have a separate news feed, where updates about casinos and other gambling related sites could be posted for easy viewing of relevant news and updates, and not requesting for a sub section for gambling news feed. I think I like op’s idea but gamblers barely get enough meaningful news and updates for a separate feed to feel necessary.

[Fiasem20]

First of all, why you're posting here? I looked at your website and found nothing related to crypto gambling. There is just some reviews about Ukraine based gambling platforms without crypto support.
And no, I'm not really interesting in such news, I'm not going to visit 3rd party websites to read such stuff. What only interests me is various promos of gambling websites.

I think most gamblers think the same as you. In my case, I like to read a few news other members share with us in this board, but that's an exception and the fact that we are a community makes them more interesting, at least that's my feeling. But reading to gambling news in gambling related press or websites I think it's a waste of time unless it's very striking news, and sporadically.

That’s how enthusiastic a lot of bitcointalkers are including me,the community has made me contented with it’s information,that doesn’t necessarily mean that other platform information aren’t worth taking heed to,if the information isn’t coming from this forum I don’t get excited to share my opinions,whereas most websites don’t even create a chatbox for readers to share their opinions.Anyways @LuckAtlas has done well by coming up with this idea but regardless of that the forum would still be my No.1 wealth of knowledge.

[Cleanshit]

Curious what people here think — do you actually read short news updates on sites like this, or mostly visit them for reviews and longer articles? And does keeping the news separate make things easier to navigate, or is it just another section you’d probably ignore?

Tbh, I never visit affiliate & review site like this to read breaking news.
When I want to catch up on the news I go straight to dedicated media outlet like Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, iGaming Business or Reuters.
When I visit any casino review site my primary goal is to find trustworthy review and check terms of bonus. At times I also enjoy reading in depth casino analyses.

So if news shared in your Media Room section consist merely of generic or rehashed industry update. Such as that casino has secured a new license then 99% of user will likely ignore it, imo.

Yea that true a lot of users won’t visit a casino review site expecting it to replace a dedicated news platform but  a news section can still be of value if it focuses on information that is directly useful to the people already using the site.

Given an example section can focus on important things like changes to a casino, licensing update, major bonus changes and issues that affect players and new payment options than instead of reposting every general gambling headline.

This will give users reasons to check section because the information is connected to what they came to the site for at first place.