Familiar faces top results from survey. Sedo and Parked.com were selected as the best domain name parking companies in the 5th Annual Domain Name Wire Survey. Sedo took top honors with 23% of the vote, followed by Parked.com at 18%. Here are the ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Domain Name News Bytes for September 15
· UncategorizedNews bytes to start your Tuesday. Here are a few domain name news items for the week: Domain Name Wire Radio is coming. More later. Parked/Why Park Forum. Parked.com and WhyPark have created a user forum at forum.parked.com. Parked's Donny ... Continue Reading11 Comments
WhyPark Earnings up 10x for Some Domainers
· Domain ParkingCompany sees earnings boost after acquisition. If you used WhyPark in the past and weren't happy with your ad revenue, or haven't given it a shot, it may be worth another look. I caught up with WhyPark founder Craig Rowe today to ask him how the ... Continue Reading19 Comments
Parked.com Acquires WhyPark
· Domain ParkingDomain name parking company acquires parking alternative. Domain name parking company Parked.com has acquired WhyPark, a domain building service. Financial details were not disclosed. Yesterday WhyPark announced it was scrapping its $99 set up fee ... Continue Reading24 Comments
5 Observations from New Orleans
· UncategorizedHere are some observations and a recap after one day in New Orleans for Domainer Mardi Gras. First, some observations: It's deliciously ironic to hold a risk management-focused conference during Mardi Gras... Never eat a funnel cake covered in ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Interview: Donny Simonton of Parked.com
· Domain ParkingLeonard Holmes interviews Donny Simonton. In a recent post Andrew questioned the value of internet video for many purposes. Â I don't completely disagree. Â My own pet peeve is pages that start playing the video as soon as you land on the page. Â Give ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Parked.com Adds New Countries to Yahoo Feed
· Domain ParkingSupport should help boost earnings in foreign markets. One of the difficulties of providing a parking service based on Yahoo's advertising feed is that it doesn't cover as many countries as Google's feed. But the list of countries supported is ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Parked.com Finalizing Stats Faster
· Domain ParkingDomain parking company finalizing earnings stats much faster than before. I logged into my Parked.com account at about 9:30 CST this morning and was shocked to see there was no asterisk next to my stats for yesterday. Parked customers know that an ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Domainer Mardi Gras to Focus on Risk Management
· ServicesDomainers head to New Orleans to learn about risk management (and partying). Modern Domainer Magazine's Domainer Mardi Gras will take place in New Orleans February 19-21, 2009. The event is produced by Modern Domainer with support from Parked.com and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Parked Changes Dashboard Graph, Improves Usability
· Domain ParkingDomain parking company creates simple yet valuable graph on dashboard. It's always nice when companies listen to suggestions. Earlier this month I made a few usability suggestions to domain name companies. One of these was to change the graph on ... Continue Reading5 Comments