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Hi,
Welcome to the OFFICIAL PARKED.COM thread!
Welcome to the OFFICIAL PARKED.COM thread!
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thebutler said:.....
Donny you might want some ammo before going to Traffic to discuss.
Looks like some people are doing arb through Godaddy's parking service. I'm sure other people can spot some easily and maybe post in this thread so Donny can discuss the FACTS...
hitchhiker said:No need to get all up in arms about this. Companies that can guarantee the quality of their traffic CAN arbitrage both yahoo and google feeds. - take smarter.com, business.com, shopping.com, geosigns.com etc just to start. There is no requirement that there is a level playing field for any given company versus another - much less an individual domainer. Frank and the rest of the top domainers with their own feeds all do some sort of arbitrage too (not even search but other mediums as well). They can do it cause they keep it under the radar, the work constantly with the feed providers to tweak the quality of their traffic. You dont see those guys on forums talking about it cause its something both yahoo and google want to keep in the "gray market" - and have the option of shutting anyone down at any given notice.
it simply spung out of control here a bit in the last 5 month from what I can see - I'm just as bummed out as anyone else . . .
I don't think there would be many to disagree that a level playing field would be nice (including me). However, who says these companies have to create an equal market? I'm sure the large scale domainers would argue that the decision to have arb ignored for their accounts is a commercial business judgement based on volume, relationship value etc.domainpark said:This is whats not fair to the everyday domainer. If saying that both google and yahoo allow ppc arbitrage to mainly the bigger players of domain parking and also search engines, where's the level field for the everyday domainer??
Well said!hounddomain said:I don't think there would be many to disagree that a level playing field would be nice (including me). However, who says these companies have to create an equal market? I'm sure the large scale domainers would argue that the decision to have arb ignored for their accounts is a commercial business judgement based on volume, relationship value etc.
Don't get me wrong...I see the recent arb developments as a slap in the face to small and medium scale domainers, but complaining about the fairness of the industry is futile IMHO.
regards
Rob
Seabass said:All I know is that from an initial glance, since arb has stopped, my income has taken a jump upwards. I was closing down more often than not before.
I never did arb. so my income was not affected.
Seabass said:All I know is that from an initial glance, since arb has stopped, my income has taken a jump upwards. I was closing down more often than not before.
I never did arb. so my income was not affected.
Wish I could say the same. Since about a week ago, my traffic has dropped by 80%, and so has CTR. I have no clue why. Did another undersea Internet cable get cut again? (If so, maybe I should report it to Verizon immediately!).Seabass said:All I know is that from an initial glance, since arb has stopped, my income has taken a jump upwards. I was closing down more often than not before.
I never did arb. so my income was not affected.
goodkarmaco,goodkarmaco said:I hand register type in names weekly. The world is evolving. That makes each day a new day for new names.
goodkarmaco said:Artful,
I had names in my beginning years of domaining that were not type ins as I was thinking my brandable names were the way to go.
I am not against brandables as they have a strong resell option. Mostly now I watch trends and look for ,............................
xxfireflyxx,xxfireflyxx said:if you don't put spaces in the words, they go straight to GK's listings. I know sometimes I couldn't be bothered putting spaces in between words, web addresses don't.
SDX said:On a "lighter note", how do you guys like the new .MOBI templates at PARKED?
mrizos said:anybody have a sample...I'm on my win phone now (using namepros.mobi).