Be Prepared! New Design for Parked Domain Ad Pages

[thetrafficman]

2024-12-12
Be Prepared! New Design for Parked Domain Ad Pages
Dear Partner,

We would like to share some important updates regarding changes to landing page designs. Our Tier 1 ad provider is introducing new design guidelines for parked domain ad pages, which will affect all AFD (Ads For Domains) partners, including us.

These updates feature enhanced sponsored labels, making ads more clearly marked to improve transparency and build trust with users. Additionally, calls-to-action will be streamlined for greater clarity and better integration with the overall page design. They’re also refining the ad text display to make it more engaging and easier to read.

These new guidelines are designed to improve the user experience and enhance advertiser visibility.

As of Tuesday, December 17th, our Tier 1 ad provider has stated 50% of traffic will run through the new design. We expect a complete transition by January 2025.

While initial testing indicates a significant decrease in RPM, we're optimistic about performance improvements in the coming weeks, due to additional template optimizations and higher conversation rates for advertisers which will lead to increased EPCs for your traffic.

As always, our Account Managers are ready to answer any questions you might have.

 

[inzo]

I think because many uses Residential proxy for webscraping these days, google considers everything invalid low traffic.

 

[thetrafficman]

We hope your New Year is off to a fantastic start!

Following up on our pre-Christmas communication from December 17, 2024, regarding Google's mandated design updates for parked pages across all parking companies, we would like to provide an important update. As of January 9, 2025, we have been informed that the rollout of the new design to 100% of traffic has been implemented. These changes apply uniformly to all parking companies, including ParkingCrew, and significantly standardize the design while limiting customization options.

Key Features of the New Landing Page (2nd Page):
- Enhanced Sponsored Labels: Clearer identification of advertising content.
- Streamlined CTAs: More compact and focused calls-to-action.
- Refined Ad Text: Improved readability and ad labeling.

Performance Impact
As previously communicated, our testing indicated a decrease in RPM following these changes, which became evident after December 17 and further impacted results after the full rollout on January 9. However, we remain optimistic about future performance improvements. We expect continued optimizations, higher conversions for advertisers, and overall greater value for advertisers to drive an eventual increase in RPM for publishers.

What’s Next?
- Our team continues to test and implement new optimizations that comply with the latest ad network guidelines.
- No action is required from domainers at this time.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss domain monetization options for your portfolio, regardless of your current provider, please don’t hesitate to contact your account manager or reach out to the ParkingCrew Support team at [email protected].

 

[thetrafficman]

2024-12-12
Be Prepared! New Design for Parked Domain Ad Pages
Dear Partner,

We would like to share some important updates regarding changes to landing page designs. Our Tier 1 ad provider is introducing new design guidelines for parked domain ad pages, which will affect all AFD (Ads For Domains) partners, including us.

These updates feature enhanced sponsored labels, making ads more clearly marked to improve transparency and build trust with users. Additionally, calls-to-action will be streamlined for greater clarity and better integration with the overall page design. They’re also refining the ad text display to make it more engaging and easier to read.

These new guidelines are designed to improve the user experience and enhance advertiser visibility.

As of Tuesday, December 17th, our Tier 1 ad provider has stated 50% of traffic will run through the new design. We expect a complete transition by January 2025.

While initial testing indicates a significant decrease in RPM, we're optimistic about performance improvements in the coming weeks, due to additional template optimizations and higher conversation rates for advertisers which will lead to increased EPCs for your traffic.

As always, our Account Managers are ready to answer any questions you might have.

We hope your New Year is off to a fantastic start!

Following up on our pre-Christmas communication from December 17, 2024, regarding Google's mandated design updates for parked pages across all parking companies, we would like to provide an important update. As of January 9, 2025, we have been informed that the rollout of the new design to 100% of traffic has been implemented. These changes apply uniformly to all parking companies, including ParkingCrew, and significantly standardize the design while limiting customization options.

Key Features of the New Landing Page (2nd Page):
- Enhanced Sponsored Labels: Clearer identification of advertising content.
- Streamlined CTAs: More compact and focused calls-to-action.
- Refined Ad Text: Improved readability and ad labeling.

Performance Impact
As previously communicated, our testing indicated a decrease in RPM following these changes, which became evident after December 17 and further impacted results after the full rollout on January 9. However, we remain optimistic about future performance improvements. We expect continued optimizations, higher conversions for advertisers, and overall greater value for advertisers to drive an eventual increase in RPM for publishers.

What’s Next?
- Our team continues to test and implement new optimizations that comply with the latest ad network guidelines.
- No action is required from domainers at this time.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss domain monetization options for your portfolio, regardless of your current provider, please don’t hesitate to contact your account manager or reach out to the ParkingCrew Support team at [email protected].

 

[alcy]

tranaltion of we remain optimistic... is.... unlikely

 

[andygen]

Google for Adsense performance, looks like Adsense also having same problem.

Quote:
In the last 24 hours, RPM dropped by 50%, but impressions remained the same or even higher.
The CPC of personalized ads has dropped significantly since new year 2025, while contextual has risen.

Seems, starting Jan 2, 2025 (first working day) Google was disabled third-party cookies in Chrome for a significant amount of users, in the console a couple of warnings related to third-party cookies and AdSense, so things are not working as expected.

 

[thetrafficman]

One month later, no improvement

 

[Goodold80]

I agree. More than a 50% drop.

 

[alcy]

terrible
bodis support saying future unknown

but I'm sure we all know it just means ... not gonna go better

I'm down from 200 a month
to 50 during phase 1 of cuts
to 5 during phase 2 now

just keep on bodis for convenience really... I mean it's still good simple landers switchable to market landers eith one click.. plus best visit stats around so why not

but the possibility of park blockers for some visits bugs my head a bit

 

[publicist]

Something is changed, something is improved. "Sponsored" was like that twice at the beginning. PC Support writes that it still hopes for improvement.

 

[keim123]

We are at 1/3 of the profits. I also hope for improvement.

 

[dominero123]

I am 24% lower income in january versus october. Not so bad, but going worse. I had more visits but very low RPM, mainly in bodis.com . In addition to that, bodis told they are going to delay payments from D+7 to D+30

I am looking for a plumber job or something so i do not rely so much on domain parking.
Also thinking of renting a room in my house, either permanent or AirB&B

Shit.

 

[alcy]

I am 24% lower income in january versus october. Not so bad, but going worse. I had more visits but very low RPM, mainly in bodis.com . In addition to that, bodis told they are going to delay payments from D+7 to D+30

I am looking for a plumber job or something so i do not rely so much on domain parking.
Also thinking of renting a room in my house, either permanent or AirB&B

Shit.

that sucks
guess u were one of those making 4 or 5fig a month

try selling names
can work

 

[Kokoro]

Did you try GiantPanda as an alternative to Bodis and PC ?

 

[alcy]

Did you try GiantPanda as an alternative to Bodis and PC ?

what's that..
what results u got?

 

[Kokoro]

what's that..

https://domainnamewire.com/2024/11/...pany-is-squeezing-extra-juice-out-of-domains/

what results u got?

I just created an account there and don't have any data to share at this time.

 

[jk23]

GiantPanda is down like the rest

 

[thetrafficman]

GiantPanda is down like the rest

The CTR,RPM drop 50% beacuse GGADS,not parking sites.
All use GGADS feed's parking sites.

 

[alcy]

any one else wondering if our revenues down 50percrnt then park companies revenues also down 50p? or someone taking some cream off the top

 

[Kokoro]

The CTR,RPM drop 50% beacuse GGADS,not parking sites.
All use GGADS feed's parking sites.

That's clear, but GiantPanda could gain an edge with their team doing manual optimizations as opposed to automatic ones by the rest. I'm giving a try and the time will tell.

 

[thetrafficman]

That's clear, but GiantPanda could gain an edge with their team doing manual optimizations as opposed to automatic ones by the rest. I'm giving a try and the time will tell.

There won't be much difference. Now it's the problem with Google ads. Arbitrage has used up all the advertisers' budgets. Google doesn't have a good corresponding policy and is sacrificing parking to keep arbitrage.