We have been having some hosting issues at ParkQuick.com and may be redirecting traffic here at times - where the most recent content lives. Check out the blog posts below and the newsletters for information on how to park your domains and earn money. What is domain parking? Domain parking lets you easily "park" your... Continue Reading →
DomainSponsor Parking Income Improving
DomainSponsor just wrapped-up their WebFest Global conference in California (formerly DomainFest Global). Ron Jackson attended a press breakfast with Debra Domeyer, who reported that "Domeyer made was that the company saw good year over year growth in domain monetization with the average PPC revenue in 4Q-2012 coming in a little better than the same quarter a year earlier."... Continue Reading →
Some GoDaddy Sites Hacked
The Security Site Sophos.com has reported that some sites hosted at GoDaddy have been hacked with "ramsomware." Users are sent to a page telling them that their computer has been locked and that they need to pay a ranson to unlock the computer. Frasier Howard notes that "an animated GIF in... Continue Reading →
Above Domain Parking – Testing the Services
Above.com has continued to add both new features and new parking services to their basic platform. They recently launched a "domain marketplace" putting them in competition with AfterNIC, Sedo, and GoDaddy. So far they don't have very many domains for sale, but it's a start. Above.com is a Australian company that is part of Trellian. Their... Continue Reading →
DomainSponsor to help Improve Internet Security
Oversee.net announced yesterday that it has entered into an agreement between DomainSponsor and internet security company Team Cymru to help improve security on the internet. It seems that DomainSponsor's large number of parked domains are being leveraged as a giant honeypot - potentially attracting malicious traffic. Team Cymru wil then analyze the traffic - incuding the... Continue Reading →
Google Changes Again, Mis-classifies some Websites as “Parked”
Google reported that they made 53 changes to their search algorithm in the month of April. There were two more "panda" updates, and a "penguin" update. These updates appear to be directed at web spam. Many of the "mini-sites" and content sites created by domainers and parking companies are considered "web spam" - so be... Continue Reading →
Marchex Kills its SiteBox Domain Parking
I think I was vaguely aware that Marchex had a domain parking service. Apparently it was started in 2006 but has been languishing lately. As of May 1 the doors will close. If you have domains parked there you should move them ASAP. Marchex made news back in 2004 when it went public as one of... Continue Reading →
Sedo Stats Down after DDoS Attack
Domain owners using Sedo for parking have probably seen a dip in their numbers. Sedo sent an email today referring to a "malicious D-DDOS attack" (distributed denial of service attack) last week. They have had some monetization problems since making changes to the site to prevent such attacks. In their words: Last Friday, we informed... Continue Reading →
How to Follow the Domain Industry
Many domain owners have busy lives, and most of us have day jobs. There are a select few people who receive all of the income from their domain names. Many of these people are becoming "online businesspersons" with developed ecommerce sites and income beyond the traditional income streams of PPC income and domain sales income.... Continue Reading →
Moniker and SnapNames Sold to KeyDrive S.A.
Right in the middle of Oversee.net's DomainFEST Global conference comes the news that Oversee has sold Moniker and Snapnames to Luxembourg's KeyDrive, S.A. KeyDrive describes itself this way: KeyDrive S.A./Luxembourg includes the Key-Systems Group in St. Ingbert/Saarland (Germany), the NameDrive Group (Luxembourg/USA) as well as Moniker and SnapNames (Florida and Oregon/USA) with more than 160... Continue Reading →
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