Tag Archives: domain parking

Sat 17th May 2008
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Domain Development is harder than Domain Parking - Leonard Holmes of ParkQuick details the trials and tribulations of domain development. by Leonard Holmes Are you getting tired of parking domains? Are you serious about developing? For the past 12 months I have been paying $800 a month to an educational organization to learn web development, Internet marketing, and SEO. This is a lot of money, and I ask myself every few months whether it is really worth it. So far I have decided that it is. Stompernet has been ... read more ...
Thu 8th May 2008
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Media Confusion Over a Parked Domain Name - Frank Schilling benefits from television screw up (again). Peter Askew over at Domainer’s Gazette made an astute discovery earlier this week: ABC News featured one of Frank Schilling’s parked domain names in a news segment, thinking it was an actual web site. The news segment is about parents getting alerts about what their kids are doing (e.g. in school), and discusses the web site “Parent Connect”. The film crew recorded the site ParentConnect.com. There’s ... read more ...
Tue 6th May 2008
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DBS: Domain Parking Revenue Plummeting - Domain company reports sharp drop in domain parking revenue. Domain name portfolio holder, registrar, and parking company Dark Blue Sea today reported a massive drop in parking revenue compared to last quarter. The company generated $1,370,000 from parking its own portfolio, down from $1,661,000 last quarter. That’s an 18% drop in just one quarter. A year ago in the same quarter the company pulled in $1,949,000 from parking its own portfolio of domain names. Customers ... read more ...
Mon 5th May 2008
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Microhoo: Now What for Domainers? - Acquisition talks collapse…what it means for domainers. I’ve been torn about Microsoft’s proposed takeover of Yahoo! It could have been good for domainers but it also had a downside. Now that Microsoft (MSFT) has told Yahoo (YHOO) to “go search itself”, where does that leave the domain industry? My main concern is that Yahoo will get more in bed with Google (GOOG) for its advertising. Yahoo has already tried outsourcing some of its advertising inventory ... read more ...
Wed 30th April 2008
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5 Ways to Boost Domain Parking Revenue during Parked.com - 5 simple ways to make more money at Parked. When it comes to ease-of-use, Parked.com is a clear winner in domain name parking. Even its domain editing tools are simple and quick to use. If you haven’t yet edited your domains there, here are five simple ways to tweak your way to more profits. 1. Remove unrelated keywords – having several keywords unrelated to your site’s topic can kill click-through rates. So when the algorithms get it wrong, it’s time to ... read more ...
Mon 28th April 2008
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WhyPark Lands $230k Angel Investment - Domain name parking alternative gets funding, announces new ad network. Auto-generated web site company WhyPark, which provides an alternative to standard domain parking, has received an infusion of angel funding from one of its customers. Domain Name Wire has learned that the investment totals $230,000 and will be used to further enhance WhyPark’s service. [For those not familiar with angel funding, it typically represents investments by high net worth individuals ... read more ...
Tue 22nd April 2008
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Survey: Domainers Still Bullish on Domain Name Parking - Three-quarters of domain industry believes parking revenue will be same or higher compared to 2007. Despite all of the bad news about domain parking lately, the domain industry as a whole is still very bullish on domain parking. 75% of respondents in Domain Name Wire’s Third Annual domain name survey think earnings will be at least as good in 2008 as 2007. 45% think RPM rates (revenue per thousand views) will increase in 2008. Unfortunately, history shows that ... read more ...
Mon 21st April 2008
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A Google – Yahoo Partnership That Makes Sense - How can Yahoo team up with Google? Think international. News reports suggest Yahoo’s two week trial running Google ads is going very well. So well, in fact, that the companies are discussing expanding the relationship. That news should scare anyone in the domain name industry and any publisher that uses Google Adsense. If Yahoo exits the stage, look for payout percentages to decrease. But there is one partnership deal Yahoo (YHOO) and Google (GOOG) could strike ... read more ...
Fri 18th April 2008
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Survey: Sedo Top Domain Name Parking Service - For the second year in a row, Sedo tops the Domain Name Wire survey. Sedo is the top choice for parking domain names, according to a survey of 841 domain name industry participants. 48% of those surveyed picked Sedo as the best domain name parking program. Last year Sedo was the winner as well but only garnered 32% of the vote. In the 2006 survey Sedo only pulled in 19%. With domain parking in upheavel, Sedo has escaped relatively unscathed. Sedo provides ads ... read more ...
Fri 28th March 2008
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Chitika Launches Domain Parking Program - Company lets domain owners create stores for each of their domains. Online advertising company Chitika, which has long been an alternative to Google Adsense, has launched a program for domain parking. This is good news for domain owners who have seen parking revenues drop due to changes at ad providers. The Chitika program essentially lets you create an on-the-fly “store” at your domain using the company’s ShopLinc technology. You get paid based on clicks, ... read more ...
Tue 25th March 2008
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Highlighterz: Helping to Kill Off Domain Parking One Click during a Time - Site encourages violation of pay-per-click rules. Ever wonder why advertisers want to opt out of domain name advertising? Fraud. Here’s just another example that went live yesterday: highlighterz.com. Highlighterz purports to help you generate paid parking income without violating parking service terms of service: HighLighterz, find what you need. We provide your PPC web page to all internet users, without violating the PPC rule of no web sites linking parked ... read more ...
Fri 21st March 2008
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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 ...
Tue 18th March 2008
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How to Develop Your Domain Names — Fast - Want to develop your domains? Here’s a solution that even non-techies will appreciate. [Editor’s note: this is an updated version of an article originally posted March 6, 2006] Domain parking got you down? Worried about the Snowe Bill and what it may do to your undeveloped domains? Killed by the death of parking arbitrage? It seems most people in the domain industry are finally getting on the development bandwagon. This article discusses a simple way for ... read more ...
Fri 14th March 2008
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Domain Names: What’s Hot, What’s Not - A look at current trends in domain names. What are the hottest trends in domain names right now? Where are things headed south? Here’s a quick look. —–What’s HOT—– Four character domains – I’m not sure why everyone is jumping on this bandwagon. But it’s never pretty when most of the sales are between domainers. Do yourself a favor: unless the four character domain you’re buying is an acronym for several organizations or is a word, leave it ... read more ...
Thu 13th March 2008
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Google Lets Advertisers Opt Out of Domain Parking Sites - Advertisers can exclude ads from showing up on parked domains; lower revenue ahead? Google Adwords has added a new feature that allows advertisers to exclude ads from showing up on domain parking sites. This will affect parked domains on any of Google’s ad feeds, regardless of whether it is the “search” feed or “content” feed. Examples of domain parking companies using Google include DomainSponsor and Sedo. To opt out of domain parking pages, advertisers ... read more ...
Sat 8th March 2008
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Domain Parking Company ParkingDots Closes the Doors - Leonard Holmes of ParkQuick reports on a domain company shutting down. A major domain parking company just announced that it is closing its doors. ParkingDots will be no more effective March 9th. In the last issue of Name Monetizer I reported that ParkingDots had lost its Yahoo feed. They were unable to obtain another “tier 1″ feed, and today announced that they are shutting their doors for good. If you have domains parked there, you should move then right ... read more ...
Thu 6th March 2008
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More Domain Name Parking Changes Coming - Ad providers continue to change rules. If you thought the death of Yahoo arbitrage and the Ask.com feed was the end of the upheaval in domain parking, think again. It appears ad providers are now changing rules for landing page formats and content. Sedo has been testing adding non-paid, organic search results on parked pages as apparently mandated by Google. So far it looks like this only applies when someone clicks on a “related search” link on parked pages, ... read more ...
Fri 29th February 2008
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Leap Day News: DomainSponsor, Ask.com, Skenzo - War for parked domains escalates. Happy Leap Day! Here’s some domain name news you can use… Adam Strong wonders “If I register domains today does that mean I don’t have a renewal date for next year ? Do I get 4 years for the price of 1.” Good question, Adam… …Domain parking service DomainSponsor announced a promotion for March. New clients will automatically receive a 20% bonus on their March payouts for all domains transferred to DomainSponsor. ... read more ...
Tue 26th February 2008
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America (In Parked Domains) - There are lots of parked domains out there. So I’m going to use them in this article to disguise a commentary that really has nothing to do with domain names. It’s election year in the United States. That means countless commercials promising a “better America” and lots of political pandering to the masses. The state of America isn’t so grand right now. There’s talk of recession and the stock market has plunged over the past 2 months. There’s a ... read more ...
Thu 7th February 2008
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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 ...
Wed 6th February 2008
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Domain Name Wire Survey Update - Leader update, prize reminder for 3rd annual survey. The first two years of the Domain Name Wire survey were closed, meaning that no one could see the results until the survey was closed. I’ve decided to change that this year by providing an update of leaders thus far for a few of the questions. My hope is that this will get more people to take the survey and vote for their favorite service providers. If you haven’t taken the survey yet, just click here. ... read more ...
Fri 1st February 2008
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What Would Microsoft-Yahoo Mean for Domainers? - The acquisition could mean a lot. Or maybe not. I had a conversation with myself this morning about Microsoft’s (MSFT) proposed buyout of Yahoo (YHOO). It went something like this: Me: So, Andrew, what do you think this deal will mean for domainers? Myself: Tough call. From a search perspective, this is #3 taking over #2. It will be interesting to see how they merge the two company’s pay-per-click platforms. Me: Yeah, both platforms lag Google Adwords. ... read more ...
Wed 23rd January 2008
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Is Sedo Worth $350M? - Annual domain study sheds light on company’s prominence in domain market. We know Sedo is a behemoth in the domain industry. But just how big is it and what is the company worth? Sedo’s latest domain market study, along with majority owner AdLINK’s financial reports, sheds some light. AdLINK currently owns 75.94% of Sedo. It purchased 52.14% of the company in 2005 for EUR 14.031M, giving the company a pre-money valuation of approximately EUR 28M at the time. ... read more ...