It's been a great year for domain name owners, and it's not over yet! Owners of consumer-related domain names that use parking services have seen lots of traffic in December. More and more consumers are going to the web to buy holiday gifts and are ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
2006 Domain Name Survey update
· Services, Uncategorized272 people have participated in Domain Name Wire's 2006 Domain Name Survey. There's still time to participate! I invite you to click here to take the survey. The survey covers a number of topics and will help forecast the direction of the domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Google might clamp down on typo-squatting
· ServicesThe writing is on the wall for domain name typo-squatters who register domains and then park them on Google or Google-fed programs. An article in this week's eWeek talks about Microsoft research of typo-squatting and how Google hasn't done much to ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Afternic’s “Or best offer”
· Domain Sales, ServicesWhen you receive a bid for a domain name listed at Afternic you are presented with a number of options. First, you can accept the offer as is and execute the sale. But the bidder probably offered your minimum amount and you might want to get more. ... Continue Reading1 Comment
NameDrive Domain Parking
· ServicesI've had a chance to give paid domain parking service NameDrive a thorough testing and I now feel comfortable endorsing it. I received my first payout this month. Ad Feed: NameDrive uses Google Adsense ads to monetize your domain traffic. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Do shorter ads get more clicks?
· ServicesOne of the driving forces behind increased interest in domain names is pay-per-click advertising. Pay-per-click listings are the number one revenue source for domain parking services such as DomainSponsor. GoTo, which later became Overture and now ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
The $6.45 Click
· ServicesDomain name investors hope to earn a return on domains in a couple major ways. First, we hope to get domain parking revenue. But let's face it. We really just want to get this revenue while we wait for someone to offer top dollar for the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
2006 Domain Name Survey
· Domain Registrars, Domain Sales, Expired Domains, Policy & Law, Services, UncategorizedDomain Name Wire is doing a study of the domain name market and where we're headed in 2006. Please take a few minutes to complete our survey. Survey results will be provided free of charge at the conclusion of the survey period. If you have a domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Boosting Google Adsense on Domain Names
· ServicesMany domain name owners go beyond simply parking their domains with companies like DomainSponsor. They create mini sites of content related to the domain name and add Google Adsense ads to the pages. For example, see my CankerSores.com site. As a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Traffic Club November Results, Skenzo
· ServicesFrequent readers of Domain Name Wire know that I park most of my domains at TrafficClub. TrafficClub optimizes your domains across a number of different parking services. Most traffic to date has been delivered to either Domain Sponsor or Google Adsense ... Continue Reading2 Comments