Yahoo feed: 'Banned' status?

v5x · 06-14-2009, 05:52 AM

Hi,

I have a number of high traffic domains that seem to return a 'banned' status (eg. not returning ads) when I use the Yahoo status checker at Activeaudience.com.

The domains are all 100% type in traffic and first regged by me - so no dodgy history. Some of the domains I haven't even parked with a company using Yahoo feed but they are still banned?

I did have an issue with parked.com a while back as they couldn't understand why fresh regged domains have so much traffic, but I don't think they'd request them to be banned.

Anyone had this trouble before or know a way of conacting Yahoo to find out what the problem is?

-v5x

exsedo · 06-14-2009, 06:00 AM

Maybe the answer is in your question, How do fresh reg domains get so much traffic ?

Donny · 06-14-2009, 06:26 AM

Yahoo has recently started banning domains that they believe to have un-natural or irregular traffic patterns. Google does something similiar, but you just get paid like 1/1000th of what you should have.

Donny

v5x · 06-14-2009, 11:00 AM

I guess that's what it is then, 'irregular traffic patterns'. Thing is, I tested the domains here and there at companies using a Y! feed - Parked, Skenzo and Trafficz but never left them there for anything more than a day. Then moved them all back to a Google feed at RevenueDirect where I they were doing better (at the time).

I can see why Yahoo would think it's un-natural traffic.. 1000s of hits one day and none the next. If I could contact Yahoo, perhaps I could get these bans lifted and leave them parked for a longer period. But how would one go about contacting them??

-v5x

exsedo · 06-14-2009, 11:21 AM

Have you registered as a publisher/webmaster with yahoo ?
If so you can ask the questions through that Avenue.

v5x · 06-14-2009, 11:32 AM

Nope. I'm from the UK and they only accept US residents as publishers.. so can't contact them that way.

I'm at a loss really, as I know these domains would do well with a Y! feed due to 90% of the traffic being from the US.

exsedo · 06-14-2009, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by v5x

Nope. I'm from the UK and they only accept US residents as publishers.. so can't contact them that way.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/parking-and-traffic-monetization/589917-yahoo-feed-banned-status.html

I'm at a loss really, as I know these domains would do well with a Y! feed due to 90% of the traffic being from the US.

I moved away from traditional parking with my domains and signed up with Whypark. This meant that once I had created mini-sites on them, I could sign up as a webmaster to get my domains sitemapped and indexed at Yahoo. I also had the same problems with communication before I did this. Its very frustrating at times. Hopefully someone with more knowledge will come along and give you a solution, There is a thread dedicated to YPN on here, maybe you could try there as well. Good luck.

netmeg · 06-14-2009, 03:13 PM

Yea, I think you're going to be out of luck as far as parking on those domains - best find some other way to monetize them.

06-14-2009, 05:52 AM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
v5x NamePros Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 164	Yahoo feed: 'Banned' status? Hi, I have a number of high traffic domains that seem to return a 'banned' status (eg. not returning ads) when I use the Yahoo status checker at Activeaudience.com. The domains are all 100% type in traffic and first regged by me - so no dodgy history. Some of the domains I haven't even parked with a company using Yahoo feed but they are still banned? I did have an issue with parked.com a while back as they couldn't understand why fresh regged domains have so much traffic, but I don't think they'd request them to be banned. Anyone had this trouble before or know a way of conacting Yahoo to find out what the problem is? -v5x

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exsedo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: England Posts: 2,668	Maybe the answer is in your question, How do fresh reg domains get so much traffic ? __________________ Unenforceable Loan ?-Desktop 3D Printer- Top 20 Coupons

06-14-2009, 06:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
Donny Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,268	Yahoo has recently started banning domains that they believe to have un-natural or irregular traffic patterns. Google does something similiar, but you just get paid like 1/1000th of what you should have. Donny __________________ Voodoo.com

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06-14-2009, 11:32 AM	THREAD STARTER #6 (permalink)
v5x NamePros Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 164	Nope. I'm from the UK and they only accept US residents as publishers.. so can't contact them that way. I'm at a loss really, as I know these domains would do well with a Y! feed due to 90% of the traffic being from the US. Last edited by v5x; 06-14-2009 at 11:35 AM.

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06-14-2009, 11:00 AM	THREAD STARTER #4 (permalink)
v5x NamePros Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 164	I guess that's what it is then, 'irregular traffic patterns'. Thing is, I tested the domains here and there at companies using a Y! feed - Parked, Skenzo and Trafficz but never left them there for anything more than a day. Then moved them all back to a Google feed at RevenueDirect where I they were doing better (at the time). I can see why Yahoo would think it's un-natural traffic.. 1000s of hits one day and none the next. If I could contact Yahoo, perhaps I could get these bans lifted and leave them parked for a longer period. But how would one go about contacting them?? -v5x

06-14-2009, 03:13 PM	#8 (permalink)
netmeg Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 1,601	Yea, I think you're going to be out of luck as far as parking on those domains - best find some other way to monetize them. __________________ Watching idiots online since 1985...

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