Leonard Holmes of ParkQuick reports on the Affiliate Summit auction. I picked up a bargain domain at the Affiliate Summit domain auction last night. A few others did also, but I imagine that more than a few sellers were disappointed. Affiliate Summit ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Tips for Domain Landing Pages – from NameMedia Research
· Services, UncategorizedLeonard Holmes of ParkQuick provides an update on domain name parking. NameMedia, the parent company of Active Audience and GoldKey, announced the results of some of their extensive landing page split-testing at the June TRAFFIC New York. These tests ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Google Flip-flops, Auction Ads Take off
· Services, UncategorizedLeonard Holmes of ParkQuick updates us on domain name parking. May was a very busy month for domain monetization. Google announced early in the month that that they would no longer monetize adult domains as of June 1st. Some of the major Google-based ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
The Backlash against Domain Parking
· Services, UncategorizedLeonard Holmes of ParkQuick updates us on the latest in domain name parking. April saw signs all around that Yahoo and Google are pressuring parking services to delete the accounts of poorly performing domain owners. Parked took the lead deleting ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
New Parking Pages on TrafficZ – will they help?
· ServicesLeonard Holmes of ParkQuick.com updates us on the latest in domain name parking. TrafficZ recently rolled out their new Website 2.0 templates. These templates look much more like a real website than anything I've seen so far. They also have two new ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
A new GoldKey, Bye Bye ParkingSite, other news
· ServicesLeonard Holmes of ParkQuick updates us on the latest in domain name parking. GoldKey is launching their new, renovated site in February. It was supposed to launch 2/1, but was delayed because of some last minute issues, according to Scott Briggs, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
News from the Pay-Per-Click Parking Services
· Services, UncategorizedAs Andrew previously reported, The Boston building housing the U.S. operations of Sedo had an electrical fire on December 8th. A notice on Sedo's web site stated that all Sedo employees escaped without serious injury. Sedo is headquartered in Germany, ... Continue Reading5 Comments
DOMAINfest Global – by Domainers or by DomainSponsor?
· ServicesThere's a new domain conference scheduled for early February in Los Angeles. DOMAINfest Global is using the slogan "The conference for domainers. By domainers." The cost is $395 before January 1, $795 after January 1. DomainSponsor members may receive a ... Continue Reading6 Comments
NameMedia (BuyDomains, ActiveAudience) buys Afternic Domain Name Marketplace
· Domain Sales, ServicesNameMedia, owners of BuyDomains, have purchased Afternic. NameMedia announced today that it is buying Afternic. This probably explains the recent Afternic push to eliminate adult domains from their system. NameMedia is a privately-held, ... Continue Reading2 Comments
News from the Parking Services
· Services, UncategorizedOctober saw a number of changes at the PPC parking services, not all for the better. TrafficZ upgraded its service from version 4.0 to 4.1 on October 22 - just before the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in Hollywood, Florida. They added the ability to ... Continue Reading4 Comments