Tag Archives: arbitrage

Fri 21st March 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Arbitrage with a “Domain Name” Domain - Domain parking arbitrage works. But with a domain related domain? Domain name parking arbitrage brings a select few players massive income. Until recently, individuals got in on the game at Parked.com (until Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) pulled the plug). For the uninitiated, here’s how domain parking arbitrage works: 1. Buy a click on Google or other search engine 2. Send click to domain parking page 3. Earn (hopefully more) when visitor clicks on parking ads Every major ... read more ...
Thu 13th March 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Stomping Out Click Fraud Critical to Industry Survival - Here is the problem: The industry is completely confused between invalid clicks and click fraud. Those are two seperate and very different things. Invalid clicks are clicks generated by robots, email harvestors, and systems that are not designed to specifically game the PPC advertising space. Click fraud on the other hand, is usually done by a group of scammers behind anonymous proxies, and ads are clicked in order to make money for themselves. Hence why it mainly affects domain parking ... read more ...
Wed 13th February 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Yahoo’s Arbitrage Bomb: One Day Later - Reaction to Yahoo’s decision mixed, but one thing is clear: a lot of people will be affected. One day after Yahoo (YHOO) dropped a bombshell that it would no longer accept arbitrage traffic to its advertising feed, the reaction has been swift and loud. I’ve been monitoring domain forums and this is what people have to say: “well…back to working for a living…” “I’ll need to get back to SAP consulting. I’ve kinda forgotten some of my transaction codes…” “Quit ... read more ...
Tue 12th February 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Yahoo Kills Domain Arbitrage: Fallout for Google, Others - Yahoo will stop allowing arbitrage as of this Friday, will affect other major companies as well. In a major move sure to have ramifications across the online advertising industry, Yahoo (YHOO) has told its advertising partners that it will no longer accept “arbitraged” traffic as of this Friday. Here’s a look at what this means for domainers and even the revenue of big online advertising companies. Arbitrage Explained Click arbitrage involves buying an ad click ... read more ...
Thu 7th February 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
The Question of Domain Parking Arbitrage - Leonard Holmes of ParkQuick.com discusses domain parking arbitrage. Arbitrage involves making money because of a price differential between two markets. These days some people seem to be making a lot of money buying ads and sending the traffic to higher-paying ads on their domains. Not everyone is happy with this. Google, in fact, canceled some AdSense accounts because of this practice several months ago (the same time that they canceled accounts for “made-for-AdSense” ... read more ...