Yahoo-based domain services, such as TrafficZ, Parked, WhyPark, and SmartName, are reporting that their U.S. and Canadian ads are now coming from Microsoft's Bing service. Yahoo is still running the ad networks in some other countries, and the parking companies have deals with secondary providers for traffic from additional countries. This switch was supposed to be revenue... Continue Reading →
From Yahoo to Bing
Yahoo-based parking companies are making the switch to Bing this month. You will likely see some delays on TrafficZ, Parked, and SmartName as these changes take place. Bing also uses Greenwich Mean Time (GMT or UTC) for their reporting, so most of these services wil also be standardizing on this - making the month of... Continue Reading →
Staying Afloat in 2011
As domain income gets tighter and tighter people are looking for creative ways to fund their domain portfoilo expenses. There were a couple of really good articles in the past month that gave people tips on how to do this. Rick Schwarz posted an excellent article on his blog giving newbie domain investors advice on... Continue Reading →
Using DNS for Parking Companies
Last month I reported on some issues that Google had raised about using different types of redirects to park domains. It seems that the best way to park domains is to change the nameservers (such as ns1.sedoparking.com or ns1.parked.com) for the domain. Micheal Gilmour had a great article about this issue on his blog. He... Continue Reading →
Development to be Showcased at T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
I'm getting tired of just writing more about how parking income is flat and development is too difficult to do on a large scale. I'm still bullish on WhyPark, Epik, and SmartName as companies who offer scalable development options that are almost as simple as parking. If you are attending T.R.A.F.F.I.C. in Miami Beach... Continue Reading →
Will Google Demand Parking via DNS Only?
Several people reported receiving an email from Sedo in August stating that their "primary advertising provider" (Google) was planning to require that all domains be parked via DNS/nameserver changes rather than domain forwarding. (Many of the blog posts about this are really just people ripping off DomainNameWire's story on this issue.) I've searched my email... Continue Reading →
DOMAINfest Global Registration Opens
DomainSponsor's parent company Oversee.net continues to offer versions of DOMAINfest in different cities. From October 1-3 the event will be in Prague. Meanwhile registration has opened for DOMAINfest Global February 1-4 2011 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows on the Pacific Ocean at of Santa Monica, California. Register this month to save $200-$400 off later... Continue Reading →
Verify your Parking Stats with DNWStats
How can you prove your traffic stats are legitimate to a potential domain buyer? Andrew Allemann's new DNWStats service will log into your parking stats and retrieve the data. It will then publish a certificate certifying the traffic. The service currently works with DomainSponsor, NameDrive, Parked, Sedo (but not SedoPro), and Skenzo. DNWStats is free-of-charge. At... Continue Reading →
Ron Jackson’s SmartName Experiment
Ron Jackson of DNJournal recently reported on an experiment with some keyword .us domains that he moved from traditional parking pages to SmartName shops, monetized by Shopping.com. Ron used some great one and two word product name domains that are not likely to naturally get type-in traffic - names like IceMachines.us, Fins.us, SwimmingPools.us, and PictureFrames.us.... Continue Reading →
WhyPark Debuts Domain Apps
WhyPark announced in July that they have new "Domain Apps" that can be installed on WhyPark domains. These widgets are automatically installed, either on the home page of the domain or on a separate page. Domain Apps let you instantly add relevant widgets to your domains, and in some cases you earn money from the... Continue Reading →
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