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TRAFFIC One step further from getting content onto your own website moves you into online reputation management. This would lead to placements on third-party websites which already have good rankings, such as iGamingBusiness.com, CalvinAyre.com or SBCnews.co.uk, and they would be talking about your website. It’s important to make th is content worth clicking on because, as already mentioned, Google rankings are driven massively by click- through rate. If that trusted third-party content ranks on your brand phrases, you get a double-trust bonus – implied trust from that authority site carrying your news and users’ trust in Google. The main point about PR is that when it is done right it influences people into trusting you more, which means you have more authority, influence and awareness, which in turn will improve search results. In a nutshell, everything starts with being satisfied, which transitions into trust and ends with rankings and profitability. Your journey to being satisfied starts with understanding what answers people really want from you. When you deliver those answers in a way people want, you become useful to them. In turn you then become useful to Google. It will want you in its search results and you will rank. NICK GARNER is an online marketer and entrepreneur. He previously worked as a marketing manager for Betfair, then as head of search for Unibet. He founded and successfully sold his first marketing agency, then launched oshi.io the popular bitcoin casino. More recently Nick has invested in PRble.com, an innovative press release business.