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April 2006 Domain Parking News #9 |
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Gold Key has been sold to the owners of BuyDomains.com.
What will this mean for the future?
In this issue we will also look at how to get started
parking your domains for money.
On March 17th
Gold Key announced
that it had been acquired by YesDirect - the parent
company of BuyDomains. Gold Key has a
reputation for search engine tricks that often get
parked domains to rank in search engines. The
announcement read in part:
GoldKey has been acquired by Domain Services, LLC (a
division of YesDirect, Inc.). YesDirect also owns and
operates BuyDomains.com, Seeq and the YesDirect Network,
with more than 100 category sites. By joining the forces
of these domain name industry leaders, we expect to
significantly enhance domain parking performance,
experience and overall value. In the coming weeks, look
forward to new enhancements, features and opportunities
to enjoy the benefits of the new Goldkey....Stay tuned
in the coming weeks as you will be hearing more about
our new efforts and plans.
Gold Key
has also improved their weekend stats. In the past
you had to wait until mid-day Monday to get stats
for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Now Friday and
Saturday stats are showing up earlier. They also
allow announced that you can manually change the
category for landing pages.
Parking Dots
has improved their stats interface. You now see your
latest stats when you first login. These are still the
previous day's stats, but they are available very early
in the day. They still provide excellent income -
comparable to Gold Key - but without the search engine
tricks. If you have a high traffic portfoilo you should
give them a try - but they take a while to get things
set up. Park somewhere else (such as
Sedo
or
NameDrive)
while you wait for everything to be ready.
Domains parked at
TrafficZ
have started paying more
consistently for me. Their landing pages are still the
best, in my opinion.
The
Sedo
landing page experiment continues. SedoPro members can
ask their account manager to change domains to one of
the new designs. SedoPro is an invitation-only
service. If you have a high-quality domain portfolio
consisting of at least 200 domains or $200 in monthly
earnings
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The layouts use category-specific
photos, so they work best if you have all of your
domains accurately categorized. The pictures on the
domain are linked to the category, not the keyword.
Domain Sponsor
continues to deliver great
results for sites that are likely to convert
visitors into sales. They recently announced "more
aggressive filtering of such illegal topics as child
pornography, bestiality and violent sex." They have
also become more aggressive in refusing to serve ads
to domains that obviously violate trademarks.
NameDrive has the fastest set-up and
provides very good stats. The initial financial
stats you see are estimates, and these are adjusted
within 48 hours. Mine seem to be adjusted
downward. Hopefully that means that others stats
are being adjusted upwards.
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Getting Started
with domain parking can be a little intimidating.
The market is getting crowded and it's often not
easy to know how to start. A new section of
ParkQuick.com is designed to help. I've suggested
two strategies for domain owners to use - one
strategy for people with at least 50-100 domains,
and one strategy for people with fewer domains.
Check out these recommendations from the new
Getting Started page:
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If you have at
least 50 - 100 domains:
Apply for accounts at
Domain Sponsor ,
TrafficZ
and
Parking Dots.
These may take a while for approval, so start by
parking domains at
Sedo
(especially for international domains),
Gold Key,
or
NameDrive
(especially if you may want to sell the
domains). NameDrive is the quickest to set up.
Check out other pages of this site for more on
the strengths and weaknesses of these services.
Gold Key and Traffic Z have the best parking
pages.
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If you have less
than 50 domains:
Park your domains at
NameDrive
for almost instant results. Apply for
Sedo
and
Gold Key
accounts and try some domains there too. As
mentioned above. Sedo is best for International
traffic. Sedo and NameDrive use Google/AdWords
ads, while Gold Key uses Yahoo/Overture. Gold
Key can provide search engine traffic, and their
parking pages look better. Their site takes a
while to learn.
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You can always find the most recent comparisons among paid
domain parking services at
ParkQuick.com. Check back often as we update our
reviews based on our most recent experiences.
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I will
send this newsletter out monthly or when there have been
significant changes in the domain pay-per-click field. I do
not anticipate sending it more than once a month unless
there is a huge change in a service that warrants your
immediate attention. Back issues are available at
DomainParkingNews.com.
Leonard
Holmes, Ph.D.
CEO, Healing Sites Network, LLC
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