End of services like: WhyPark and PPC-Sites ?

[rickkumar]

As per the other thread in this section at namepros, google is banning MadeForAdsense sites as of June1.

Does that mean end of services like WhyPark.com and PPC-Sites.com?

Just wondering if its wise to spend money getting these kind of sites until the dust settles?

Thanks.

 

[HiSoC8Y]

did google email all the webmasterswho own those websites?

 

[scotchbonnet]

Email? I am sure google has no such intention. It would take the sting out of the act. I've removed all adsense from my sites - I am a guilty one I guess. So be it.

 

[HiSoC8Y]

Email? I am sure google has no such intention. It would take the sting out of the act. I've removed all adsense from my sites - I am a guilty one I guess. So be it.

Why guilty? did you cheat?

I havent done anything, check one of my sites

http://www.refinance.jp

Am I guilty (as you understand it) ?

thanks

 

[spinoza]

Why guilty? did you cheat?

I havent done anything, check one of my sites

http://www.refinance.jp

Am I guilty (as you understand it) ?

thanks

I dont think you are guilty. the question is if Google will consider WhyPark pages as MFA.

 

[.X.]

They need to be "Boycotted"....No kidding here, but i have already removed all thier ads off my sites any way, a nice protest by the people, might wake them up and straighten them out, they need to remember with out "US" , they are nothing...But i went ahead and took thier ad publishing off my sites, they just aren't workable anymore, not because of this possibility, because they have zero respect for thier publishers imo, and with a new rule being added every day, i can't, and do not want to keep up with demands.

 

[Name Trader]

How do you define "Made For Adsense". Isn't every adsense page made for adsense?

 

[whitebark]

How do you define "Made For Adsense". Isn't every adsense page made for adsense?

I would describe them as those that always feature the maximum amount of allowed adsense units coupled with duplicate content/scrapped content or very little content at all. PPC-Sites's product is a good example.

As for boycotting them - why? It's clearly stated in Google's terms of service that such websites and use of their services is not allowed. Let's be realistic - how many of us give a MFA website more than two seconds viewing time before closing the window or hitting the back button? They serve no purpose other than earning the publisher money - they offer next to nothing for the viewer, and in turn, Google.

Same could be said of parked pages - and that could be next?

 

[advaita]

Is Bidvertiser a viable alternative to Adsense ?

 

[Varon]

There is nothing to feel guilty about. All sites use advertising of some sort or the other to monetize their domains. MFA is made for advertising rather than made for adsense. So if you intend to advertise only with Google you could be hit at any time for any reason and not specifically for being with Whypark or other programs. Google itself is no saint ...but is rather being a bully... till other better ad networks really challenge it. Believe me, YPN will change this attitude, once it is launched. I agree it will take time for YPN to be officially active, but to worry about your site's future with just one company is a joke. Its like investing all your money with one companys stocks. How wise could that be. And especially if the company itself has tons of its own issues like the viacomm debacle for copyrights.

http://www.globalpov.com/archives/2007/03/viacomm_sues_google_for_a_mill.html
http://hdtvprofessor.com/HDTVAlmanac/?p=416

The world doesnt end with your adsense account being closed. It actually starts your creative side to making money and searching for the best ad mix on your site.

Most importantly, with Whypark I can add my own unique content at any time. Nobody can even point a finger at you then, and say that you have duplicate content.

Google is more bothered about its advertisers than the publishers who give it space on websites to actually market its advertiser products. Their accounts are activated and deactivated at Google's own whims and fancy with no explanations given. Believe me, this will take its toll on Google. They are even soon going to look at parked pages... so what does it mean? That domain parking will end? Never. Parked domains are a huge income to Google and other ad networks, these are the best quality direct type in traffic looking for actual keywords. It's in fact even more targeted than a website with related content where a user may click out of curiosity. Especially the two click landers.

 

[whitebark]

Google is seeing Yahoo and MSN pushing hard to grab market share - and if their advertisers are jumping ship because they are getting sick of lousy sites advertising with their $'s - google is going to take notice. Same could be said of the average person using google to conduct a search - if they keep getting MFA websites in their searches, they too might jump ship and start using yahoo or msn search instead.

Google didn't get to be number one by sitting around and letting things happen - they make things happen.

 

[harkster]

Google is seeing Yahoo and MSN pushing hard to grab market share - and if their advertisers are jumping ship because they are getting sick of lousy sites advertising with their $'s - google is going to take notice. Same could be said of the average person using google to conduct a search - if they keep getting MFA websites in their searches, they too might jump ship and start using yahoo or msn search instead.

Google didn't get to be number one by sitting around and letting things happen - they make things happen.

I have been complaining for a long time about Big G search results being stale and never changing. If I am looking for fresh content I go to MSN first and I guarantee you that I am no lover of anything Mickysoft.

I do like Google Maps.

There is indeed something strange going on with AdSense. I keep getting more and more clicks paying under $0.01. I can't get accepted into YPN but am trying very hard to figure out how to make $$$ through affiliate programs.

I know a bit off topic but it does seem to me that things they are a changing.

 

[clocker24]

HiSoC8Y, yes, in my opinion your website http://www.refinance.jp is a made-for-adsense site and is subject to being banned if Google starts cracking down on this sort of thing. Why? Because your site offers no original content. It exists only to generate Adsense revenue. Or am I wrong, were any of those articles written expressly for your website?

Do some research and write your own articles (that's what I do) or pay someone to generate some content for you. Make sure it is genuinely useful content. Then no one can accuse your site of being just another die-stamped adsense poster.

 

[NameCharger]

nevermind

 

[HiSoC8Y]

HiSoC8Y, yes, in my opinion your website http://www.refinance.jp is a made-for-adsense site and is subject to being banned if Google starts cracking down on this sort of thing. Why? Because your site offers no original content. It exists only to generate Adsense revenue. Or am I wrong, were any of those articles written expressly for your website?

Do some research and write your own articles (that's what I do) or pay someone to generate some content for you. Make sure it is genuinely useful content. Then no one can accuse your site of being just another die-stamped adsense poster.

But i havent done any arbitraging...AdSense has sent emails to the owners who have been running arbitrage sites...

 

[Jasdon]

Getting rid of adult ppc and now this.....leaving a looooot of money on the table! Is this what the shareholders want?

Doesn't make sense to me, I'm sure they will still be showing adult search results, so why not profit from them?

And if the emphasis is shifting towards pay per action, it surely doesn't matter where the 'action' originates from...

 

[.X.]

Getting rid of adult ppc and now this.....leaving a looooot of money on the table! Is this what the shareholders want?

Doesn't make sense to me, I'm sure they will still be showing adult search results, so why not profit from them?

And if the emphasis is shifting towards pay per action, it surely doesn't matter where the 'action' originates from...

They are dumb enough to do it ... Jasdon....They will bite off the hands that feed them i hope, they deserve it.

I don't see it as end to whypark sites and such, i see it as an end to adsense on whypark sites, i have already changed all my sites to YPN, i know YPN isn't world wide yet, but there are many good ad publishers out there.

 

[unholy1]

Well I just had to experiment, I asked a couple of people I know to sign up to Adsense using a Whypark site and a PPC-Sites template.
Early this morning which is 5 days later one of them informs me that Google has approved her application. She was the one having one of the Whypark Sites I made for her using a newly regged domain using the ugliest template they have (the one with the content on the right).
Now just waiting to see if the PPC-Site template gets approved also.
I suppose Google's point of view on what an MFA site is, would be open to interpretation. Then again for some it is better to be on the safe side.

I don't have any problems with my Whypark sites anyway since I hardly use adsense on them (just 1 or 2 to experiment on the eCPM), I use them for an entirely different purpose.

 

[mwzd]

Google is seeing Yahoo and MSN pushing hard to grab market share - and if their advertisers are jumping ship because they are getting sick of lousy sites advertising with their $'s - google is going to take notice. Same could be said of the average person using google to conduct a search - if they keep getting MFA websites in their searches, they too might jump ship and start using yahoo or msn search instead.

Google didn't get to be number one by sitting around and letting things happen - they make things happen.

I totally agree with this, MFA sites are ruining the professional publishers revenues. Google needs to act fast to prevent advertisers from jumping ship. About time they did something.

Getting rid of adult ppc and now this.....leaving a looooot of money on the table!

A lot of publishers have a problem with adult sites / ppc. And Google is ahead because they think about what's good for their users, not only about money, and they haven't been doing to shabbily with the money too - Just see their market cap!!

I don't have any problems with my Whypark sites anyway since I hardly use adsense on them (just 1 or 2 to experiment on the eCPM), I use them for an entirely different purpose.

As long as you're not killing the advertisers dollar, these services might be fine, specially for domainers, for whom the value of the domain increases with PageRank and Inbound Links.


First adult ppc, then arbitrage, now MFA, watch out Parking! Go Goog!

 

[kwan]

Remember it's the advertisers that bring in the money, not the publishers. If certain websites scare off advertisers, they will be the first to go.

And I wonder how much this will really cost Google. Of course they are secretive as always, but a Dutch PPC company once said that less than 10% of their publishers make up more than 90% of their income. So with sites like Youtube, Digg, etc. I don't think they will miss all the little troublemakers.

Getting rid of adult ppc and now this.....leaving a looooot of money on the table! Is this what the shareholders want?

Doesn't make sense to me, I'm sure they will still be showing adult search results, so why not profit from them?

And if the emphasis is shifting towards pay per action, it surely doesn't matter where the 'action' originates from...