On Second Thought

I've given a lot of thought to Google opening up AdSense for Domains to everyone.  It makes sense for Google and not a whole lot of sense for me - as an owner of domains that don't get a ton of direct type-in traffic.  If you read the material that they have written in plain... Continue Reading →

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No IPO for NameMedia

NameMedia, the parent company of GoldKey, ActiveAudience, and SmartName, announced on Christmas Eve that it has given-up on its plans to go public. The timing of the announcement pretty much guaranteed that many people would miss it.  The company filed for the anticipated $172.5 million initial public offering in November 2007. A little over a... Continue Reading →

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Kissing the King Goodbye

A few years ago Rick Schwartz had a corner on the market for domain conferences.  The self-proclaimed "domain king" was so upset when the people at Domain Roundtable organized a conference that he quickly organized a competing conference on the same dates.  Domain Roundtable was a success anyway, and attracted a more diverse audience than... Continue Reading →

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Google Goes Direct

Google announced yesterday that they are offering their "Adsense for Domains" ad feed to all domainers.  Details can be found in this post at Google.  The landing pages that result are pretty bland, as has been true in the past.  What will this mean to parking companies?  It's too soon to tell, but I expect... Continue Reading →

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Diversifying Domain Income

By now it is obvious that income is down from PPC parking companies. It is also becoming more difficult to track which companies are paying the best, because comparing this month's revenue to last month's revenue almost always results in a decrease - whether domains are switched to different companies or not. Domain development remains an... Continue Reading →

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PPC Rates Tumble as Advertisers Pull Out

"It's the economy stupid."  That was originally a line from Bill Clinton's presidential campaign, but it accurately describes what we are seeing in PPC domain parking rates.  Depending on the industry, many companies seem to be curring back on Online advertising - and this means lower income from PPC from domain parking and AdSense. There... Continue Reading →

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Yahoo/Google deal Falling Apart?

Reuters (along with other sources) has reported that Google may decide to cancel its proposed partnership with Yahoo rather than accept government-imposed antitrust restrictions. Reuters quotes sources as saying  "Are they more serious about walking away? Yes. Have they decided? I'm not sure.  Yahoo wants the deal, and they're willing to have Google sign anything... Continue Reading →

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NameDrive Holiday Bonus

NameDrive has announced a new holiday promotion that should improve your domain parking returns in the short run.  If you like to move domains around to chase bargains, then it may be worth spending November with NameDrive  Here are the details: Anybody earning more than $20 with NameDrive in November gets an extra 10% parking... Continue Reading →

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