The ICANN Security, Stability, and Resiliency research team is examining zero-click domain monetization in light of changes in the domain monetization business. Google shut down its AdSense for Domains program last month after opting all advertisers ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Research: most traffic to parked domains redirects to bad sites
· Domain ParkingWeb security company shows sophisticated web of bad actors. Earlier this year, shortly after Google announced it was opting all advertisers out of AdSense for Domains, I issued a warning: this would be bad for web security. A new research report ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Google Adsense change could impact web security
· UncategorizedMore domains will be monetized with ad networks that don't do a good job of stopping scams and malware. Google is opting all advertisers out of AdSense for Domains, which will likely lead to the ad program's demise. This is a blow to domain ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Bodis dumps shady zero click programs
· Domain ParkingEnough is enough, Bodis founder says. Domain name parking company Bodis announced today that it has punted six zero click ad partners from its network. Zero click ads monetize domains by directly forwarding a domain visitor to an advertiser's ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Pioneer Banks square off over .Bank domain name
· Policy & LawBoth banks have a bigger problem than Pioneer.bank. Two things caught my eye when Pioneer.Bank was hit with a UDRP in January. First, I'm familiar with the domain owner, Pioneer Bank, which is based in my old hometown of Austin. Second, I ... Continue Reading1 Comment
CentralNic’s gutsy acquisition will transform the company
· Domain ParkingDomain monetization will be a big part of CentralNic's revenue and profit story going forward. Last Friday, CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) announced it is acquiring Team Internet AG for $48 million, $45 million of which will be paid in ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Just how much traffic do .Cm typos get? A lot…
· Domain ParkingBrian Krebs digs into a zero-click network of mostly typo domains. Last month Brian Krebs wrote about .cm domains and other typos on his site KrebsOnSecurity.com, building on research done by Matthew Chambers of SecureWorks. The story reviewed a ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Oh, zero click, when will you be cleaned up?
· Domain ParkingMisleading landers and scams run rampant in zero-click programs. The concept of zero-click domain name parking makes a lot of sense. Rather than sending a domain visitor to a pay-per-click page where they must make two clicks to generate revenue, ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Kat.ph gets a TON of traffic, but no monetization on Google
· Domain ParkingOwner says it received over 700,000 uniques over past month. TorrentFreak has an interesting story about the Philippine country code domain name KAT.ph, which is currently for sale. The U.S. Government attempted to seize the domain name that was ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Warning: do you know where your parked domain traffic is going?
· Domain ParkingZero click traffic may lead to scam and installer sites. "Zero click" monetization for parked domains, in which domain traffic is forwarded to another site rather than landing on a page full of ads, is nothing new in the domain name industry. In ... Continue Reading13 Comments
