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Ole Petter

Founder & editor, iGamingSEO.com

Ole Petter

Norway · Remote / Global

Ole Petter is a Norway-based SEO with 15+ years of building, ranking and selling websites — from cheap-holiday affiliate sites and domain flipping to loan comparison, agency work and, for the last five years, iGaming.

He most recently helped build iGamingToday.com before selling his stake, and today runs Growth AS, a mix of consulting, investments and hands-on experiments.

He writes every article on iGamingSEO.com: independent reporting, real tests and the parts of the roadmap most people leave out.

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Articles by Ole Petter

Editorial illustration of volatile search rankings and a two-week warning for Google's September 2026 Spam Update
Google Updates25 September 2026

Google Rolls Out Its Fourth Spam Update of 2026

Google's September 2026 Spam Update could take up to two weeks to finish as search volatility reaches extreme levels.

Ole Petter · 3 min read →

A newspaper with a Swedish flag turning into a search ranking chart, with stacked newspapers forming stairs upward
Case Studies24 September 2026

The Rise of the iGaming "Newspaper": How One Affiliate Cracked Sweden in 12 Months

More and more affiliates are launching websites that look more like newspapers than traditional affiliate sites.

Ole Petter · 9 min read →

A clock and blank pages contrasted with an article surrounded by research, data, sources and first-hand evidence
SEO Analysis23 September 2026

contentEffort Isn't About Time. It's About What You Left Behind

When Google first rolled out what became known as the Helpful Content Update, or HCU, in 2022, many of us didn't really know what to make of it.

Ole Petter · 8 min read →

Illustration of a search bar cracking like a fault line while a seismograph spikes and calendar pages fly: a big Google update approaching
Google Updates22 September 2026

Is a Big Google Update Coming?

If you’ve been watching Google over the past year, we’ve had quite a few updates. 8 days between Google updates.

Ole Petter · 7 min read →

Can PR turn into links in iGaming?
Linkbuilding18 September 2026

Can PR Turn Into Links in iGaming?

Whether you’re an affiliate, operator, or B2B supplier in iGaming, you know how important it is to be visible on Google, both in paid and organic search.

Ole Petter · 9 min read →

Stop using Ahrefs to make iGaming business decisions
SEO Tools9 September 2026

Stop Using Ahrefs to Make iGaming Business Decisions

You don’t need to work in SEO to use Ahrefs in iGaming.

Ole Petter · 7 min read →

Illustration of a typewriter and a laptop facing off in a boxing ring: human-written vs AI content
Experiments8 September 2026

AI Content vs Human-Written Content: I’m Testing Both

AI content versus human-written content has become one of the biggest debates in SEO.

Ole Petter · 5 min read →

Why iGaming SEOs are returning to manual link outreach
Linkbuilding8 September 2026

Why iGaming SEOs Are Going Back to Manual Link Outreach

A few years ago, most link building was still fairly manual. You found websites, contacted them, negotiated a deal and hopefully ended up with a link.

Ole Petter · 6 min read →