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Old 07-20-2008, 08:24 AM   · #5751
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Originally Posted by tonyfloyd
anybody experiencing rpc drops across the board in the last few days?



I don't know how to analyze the stats. But what I do know is my 2nd half of July earnings is less than 1st half of July.


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Old 07-20-2008, 09:11 AM   · #5752
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last several days are really bad - actually the worst for a very long time -

per click goes down every single day and the amount of clicks too. - it seams as more domains i add as less total revenue i get.

and stats are not finalized for 2 days now.
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Old 07-20-2008, 09:29 AM   · #5753
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I have days where I get nothin' but other days that are really great. Overall, I'm up. The last Yahoo update was advantageous for some of my more lucrative domains.
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Old 07-20-2008, 09:48 AM   · #5754
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Originally Posted by Donny
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Good question. It seems one of our providers decided to take the weekend off without telling us. They claim to be processing their stats now. So I'd give it a few hours.

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thanks Donny....i thought Yahoo was the only provider in town....who are the others?
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Old 07-20-2008, 11:28 AM   · #5755
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Originally Posted by wolfis.com
last several days are really bad - actually the worst for a very long time -

per click goes down every single day and the amount of clicks too. - it seams as more domains i add as less total revenue i get.

and stats are not finalized for 2 days now.




Lol, I know what you mean about adding domains but it’s the CTR & RPC over time that makes all the difference…

In Jan I got 9k visitors with around 200 domains – CTR = 59%
In June I got 11.5k visitors with around 500 domains – CTR = 50%

Long story short I’d increased my portfolio 150% and thought I’d increase my earnings significantly but because of the drop in CTR and a slight drop in RPC I only made a small amount more in June than I did in Jan.

There are also seasonal variations that affect traffic and the value of certain keywords to take into account. I joined Parked in Dec 07 and so won’t have a clear (or clearer) picture until I’ve got a full 12 months under my belt. Still very happy with the results so far though.

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In Jan I was also getting about 20% SE traffic and now it's about 4%. Things change constantly so I suppose it's difficult to analyse fully. So long as you're earning more than you're spending etc...

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Old 07-20-2008, 01:38 PM   · #5756
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You know what might be kind of a neat feature, would be the ability exclude our own IP numbers, so that, for example, while I'm working on my customizations, and checking to see how things look by doing a lot of refreshing, it doesn't get counted as a real visit.

Just a thought. When I'm working on my developed sites, I made some placement holder gifs in various sizes for the AdSense blocks while designing, and then don't put the code in until the very last minute, so it doesn't skew the stats (or render an accidental self-click). It would be nice to be able to do it with Parked as well.
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Old 07-20-2008, 04:25 PM   · #5757
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I just signed up w/ parked today and noticed they with hold 28% for taxes, is this the norm?
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Old 07-21-2008, 07:27 AM   · #5758
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trina1 - We don't without any taxes.

netmeg - I'll definitely take a look at that. It may be a little tricky, but I'll see what I can do.

tonyfloyd - We have about 15 different providers now with Yahoo still being our primary one.

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Old 07-21-2008, 08:19 AM   · #5759
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Thanks! I thought of something else too - it would be nice to be able to download some of the traffic analysis information - specifically, the breakdown by keyword. Like maybe into a csv file? Since it's only five days worth at any given time, I like to aggregate them into a month or so to take a look at trends and whatnot.

(sorry, I'm sure you have enough to do as it is - it was just a thought)
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Old 07-21-2008, 08:43 AM   · #5760
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I was wondering could anyone tell me how to add a you tube video to the custom content area of a parked.com page?
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Old 07-21-2008, 08:51 AM   · #5761
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Originally Posted by netmeg
Thanks! I thought of something else too - it would be nice to be able to download some of the traffic analysis information - specifically, the breakdown by keyword. Like maybe into a csv file? Since it's only five days worth at any given time, I like to aggregate them into a month or so to take a look at trends and whatnot.

(sorry, I'm sure you have enough to do as it is - it was just a thought)



I've always wondered why the visitor stats is only for the past 5 days. Couldn't it keep the stats for at least the past 30 days or longer?
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Old 07-21-2008, 08:58 AM   · #5762
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Powerup - The traffic analysis is only for the past 5 days, because of the size of data that is needed to show that information. We have additional days, but it takes so long to compile it on the fly that 5 days is really the best.

domainer111 - Use the flash button in the custom content.

netmeg - I'll see what I can do. Something similiar is already on our list.

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Old 07-21-2008, 10:45 AM   · #5763
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Old 07-21-2008, 03:31 PM   · #5764
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Old 07-21-2008, 07:35 PM   · #5765
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I've seen 0 traffic on my own .me domains. So far the Godaddy hype machine hasn't got "me" any traffic.

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Old 07-21-2008, 07:40 PM   · #5766
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My domains seem to be coming up *really* slowly at the moment...
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Old 07-21-2008, 08:17 PM   · #5767
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Seems fine for me. And no big change in loads or traffic either way. Are you still having issues?

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Old 07-21-2008, 08:38 PM   · #5768
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Yep. 15 seconds to load. Tried several, including ones that haven't been optimized or edited in any way yet. Maybe it's Comcast.
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Old 07-22-2008, 06:41 AM   · #5769
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Still never saw any changes in any of our monitoring tools. We actually have some monitoring setup on comcast that I didn't even know about and I don't really see any changes last night. If it's still having problems today, please send me a traceroute and I'll take a look at it.

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Old 07-22-2008, 08:39 AM   · #5770
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Originally Posted by PowerUp
I don't know how to analyze the stats. But what I do know is my 2nd half of July earnings is less than 1st half of July.



The second half of July in generally the slowest time of the year for parking - especially late July. It seems traffic normalizes by mid-August and begins to pick up again in late August and starts the upward climb towards the X-Mas season.

I see this traffic pattern every year. This year however has been an anomaly of sorts, some domains have tanked since the beginning of the year; it must be the economy.

I will say that for some reason I can't put my finger on I seem to do better overall at Parked in the summer than I do at other parking co's.
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Old 07-22-2008, 09:29 AM   · #5771
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Nope, all looks okay today. We were having some strange outages and network behavior in our part of the country yesterday, so maybe it was part of that.

Umm, thought of something else.

I like how I can go into the Portfolios section, and type a word at the bottom and all the domains with that word in it pop up - like if I put in 'detroit' and all my domains that have detroit in them show up, regardless of folder, along with the impressions and clicks. But there's no total at the bottom.

So if I want a total, I can go into Reports. But I don't have the same option of selecting the radio button that says Search for Domain - if I want all the information in THAT section, I have four selections - All Domains, All Domains with Traffic, Portfolio and Domain List. So if I want to get a total for all my domains with Detroit in them, and they're not all in the same Portfolio, I have to type them all into the Domain List.

So.. can we either get totals on the Portfolio page, or else the Search for Domain radio button on the Reports page?

(I'll save the request for sub-folders and domains in multiple folders for another time, ork ork)
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guys, I have only 5 domains and I was trying to set up my account on parked.com, but in my understanding I should have at least 10 domains to start with parked.com? here is the question: did anyone try the godaddy's cashparking that they have recently added as a feature? What is the best way to monetize these domains?
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Old 07-23-2008, 08:20 AM   · #5774
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Originally Posted by lebuka
guys, I have only 5 domains and I was trying to set up my account on parked.com, but in my understanding I should have at least 10 domains to start with parked.com? here is the question: did anyone try the godaddy's cashparking that they have recently added as a feature? What is the best way to monetize these domains?



Honestly, I would never pay to park my pages, they are making money with every click you get, why pay for a service like that when they benefit not matter what?

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guys, I have only 5 domains and I was trying to set up my account on parked.com, but in my understanding I should have at least 10 domains to start with parked.com? here is the question: did anyone try the godaddy's cashparking that they have recently added as a feature? What is the best way to monetize these domains?



My question is....

Would it be cheaper to hand reg 5 .com domains and try parked.com?
I'm sure it would...
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