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Natural Links Case Study: Boosting Search Rankings of a Slot Provider in Brazil

2.5×

organic traffic growth over the project period (February 2023 - November 2024)

+5.5K

ranking keywords growth across all tracked positions

Case Study: Boosting Search Rankings of a Slot Provider in Brazil

Client Overview

This case study covers a slot provider operating in the Brazilian iGaming market, under NDA. The client offers a portfolio of slot games targeting English and Spanish-speaking audiences in Brazil, a market that has seen rapid growth in licensed online gambling activity.

Despite having a solid product offering, the site lacked the search visibility and domain authority needed to compete with established players. Organic traffic was underperforming relative to the market opportunity, and the backlink profile was too thin to support rankings for competitive slot-related queries.

Primary Goals of the Client

01

Increase Organic Traffic

Grow qualified organic traffic through improved rankings across slot-related keywords, targeting both English and Spanish-speaking Brazilian audiences.

02

Strengthen Domain Authority

Build a robust backlink profile with high-quality placements to increase the site's trust signals and overall ranking potential in Google Brazil.

03

Improve Keyword Rankings

Push priority pages into top-10 positions for high-value slot queries while building a pipeline of keywords in positions 11–20 with clear potential to move onto page one.

Strategy and Implementation: What was done for the client
step-by-step

01

Keyword Research and Targeting

We built a keyword matrix covering the full range of slot-related queries relevant to Brazilian audiences in both EN and ES from broad informational terms to high-intent queries around specific game types and providers. Keywords were prioritized by search volume, competition level, and commercial value, with clear separation between short-term ranking opportunities and longer-term targets.

02

On-Page Optimization

Priority pages were audited and optimized against the keyword matrix. This included title tag and meta rewrites, content restructuring to better match search intent, internal linking improvements to consolidate authority across key landing pages, and fixes to pages suffering from thin content or keyword cannibalization.

03

Content Strategy

New content was developed to close topical gaps identified during the keyword research phase. Each piece was built around specific query clusters with measurable search demand, targeting mid-funnel users researching slot games and providers. Content was structured to rank and to reduce bounce signals that drag performance in competitive verticals.

04

Link Building

A sustained link-building campaign secured high-quality backlinks from relevant iGaming, casino, and entertainment publications with real organic traffic. Placements were selected based on domain authority, topical relevance, and audience alignment. Anchor text was distributed naturally across branded, generic, and partial-match terms to maintain a clean backlink profile.

05

Performance Monitoring and Analysis

Rankings and traffic were tracked consistently throughout the project. Keyword movement across all position brackets was monitored weekly, allowing the team to identify which pages needed additional support and where internal linking or content updates could accelerate progress.

Summary of Achievements

Organic traffic increased by 2.5 times over the project period, supported by a significant expansion of the keyword footprint, with over 5,500 new ranking keywords across all tracked positions.

Keyword rankings improved across all position brackets, with steady growth in top-10 positions and a consistent increase in keywords reaching page one. At the same time, positions 11–20 expanded, creating a pipeline of high-potential queries ready to move into top rankings.

Overall, the strategy strengthened the site’s visibility, authority, and ability to compete for high-value slot-related queries in a rapidly growing iGaming market.

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What the client got while working
with Natural Links

Results:

Results:

  • Organic traffic grew 2.5 times over the course of the project
  • +5.5K ranking keywords added across all tracked positions
  • Keywords in positions 1–3 and 4–10 showed steady growth, with significant increases by November 2024
  • First-page visibility improved consistently as top-10 keyword counts rose month over month
  • Keywords in positions 11–20 also grew, building a pipeline of terms with strong potential to move onto page one.

Client Testimonials

Read more reviews on Clutch and Trustpilot

NaturalLinks helps us build high-quality pillow links for different projects we work on (e-commerce, dating, educational, etc.). The partnership helped us to get a large number of quality backlinks within the specified timeframe from quality and relevant resources, which led to boosting the "authority" of website pages in the eyes of Google. Communication is always at its best level. The team works quickly and efficiently, is flexible to any changes or requirements, project deadlines are always met, and if any problems arise during the execution of tasks, they are warned and agreed upon in advance. Over the 2 years of partnership, any problems have been resolved quickly and efficiently with the best possible result.

Sofiia Yanul

Services: Link Building Industry: Digital Marketing

I am very pleased with the ongoing cooperation. They post links at good websites with DR>30. The most impressive is the large base of good domains to be used for improving our results.

NDA

Services: Backlinking Industry: Automation Software

Thanks to NaturalLinks' efforts, we saw an increase in traffic and referral domains, significantly exceeding our expectations and contributing to our business goals. What set NaturalLinks apart was their deep expertise in iGaming, coupled with unparalleled customer service that made them feel more like a partner than a provider. During the cooperation, we've achieved good results and strengthened the site's position through link building, among other things.

NDA

Services: Link Building & Content Writing Industry: iGaming

We used NaturalLinks because they are good for promotion and branding due to the link type and them being cost-effective. We custom ordered 120 links from them, and we ended up with 140, I was definitely happy with the unexpected overdelivery. The campaign was completed on time, and everything looks great! The end result was that we ended up balancing out our NF/DF ratio, balanced out link activity and authority spread across our pages

NDA

Services: Link Building Solutions Industry: Advertising & Marketing

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