Domain Parking Companies In Trouble - First To Report?

Are domain parking companies in trouble? Read the comments.

It's pretty late, so I'll just post a link to my blog. Can't rewrite the whole situation.

http://www.fka200.com/2008/02/10/google-and-askcom-domain-parking-feed-revenue-drop-caused-by-this

Huge. Huge. Huge. Huge. News.

I just wrote a draft that'll be up in 5 hours. Will try to get more info about this tomorrow.

 

ask.com using google more, google imposing conditions like the whole DomainSponsor / TrafficClub/iMonetize situation.

 

as long as there is people wanting business, there will always be ads.

 

whypark is having problems with adsense showing up

 

That explains why my revenue stats are down @ PP. I do not see this as a problem in the long term. Just a rough weather to sail through.

 

I've already found the problem with Parking Panel. I'll PM you more information till I get things straightened out 100%. They replied to my e-mail yet I'm still waiting for further clarification until I post about it.

 

http://domainnamewire.com/2008/02/11/threats-to-the-domain-name-industry/

 

it is all over the forums..but don't think it will just be parking company..if they don't like you they just wont pay for your clicks..and if your small.they probably won't like you.google runs it's own parking service..for big accounts.

 

Got your message fka and also read the blog post on parked.com stopping arbitrage. Will see how things go in the next few days.

 

Thanks ARonold.

Just a note, Skenzo isn't affected by all of this. A Skenzo rep left a comment on one of my blog posts.

 

This is not big news. Been doing this for years, don't seem to be affected by this. If anyone out there with a portfolio who is using parking service or looking to sell I would be happy to fill you in.

 

March 1st isn't here yet...

 

As far as Ask "re-re-selling" I can understand google's point of view. Google can't monitor the third parties activity. But I will also add I think Google is shooting themselves in the foot by everything they are doing lately. Considering 1 guy at one time supplied 1% of yahoo's search traffic imagine if a large group got together and formed their own domooglehoo.

 

Went through your blog today. How do you signup with skenzo? I'm not a huge domainer and the site does not offer any signup page.

I also noticed a slight increase in traffic @parkingpanel compared to last week. The revenue is nil but its showing a minor sign of revival.

 

@skenzo: you don't. You need HUGE volume to go direct with them.

 

Yep I figured that out. They have changed a lot since their beta. 19parking uses skenzo feeds so that is an option.

Signed up with parked and yet to get a reply. Will see how well that goes.