PARKED.COM - Official Thread!

[TOXX]

Hi,

Welcome to the OFFICIAL PARKED.COM thread!

 

[TheWatcher]

I should be more detailed but I guess that's parked advantage, easy to use tool.

Regarding parking traffics and revenue, you will know it once you test some keywords. We can't tell you which is better as we don't know your domain names portfolio. All domain investors always try different keywords for their non-generic domains to get the most $ out of it.

 

[cassidy36]

I took another big hit yesterday. Last time I checked, my traffic score was 10 out of 10; I guess it must have tanked suddenly.

Netmeg,
My $ numbers are way down as well, down about 50%. I was a 10 as of last week, wonder what is going on?

 

[Donny]

Yahoo's TQ scores normally come out on Thursday morning, this week they came out on Friday for some reason. I can say that I did see some people drop some, but some people went up as well. I had promised that I would make sure that the TQ scores would be available in everybody's account, but some other issues came up that were more important. Right now I want to give the scores a week or so to see how things look then before I add them to the account.

If you are doing at least 100 clicks a day, you probably have a score, ask your account manager if you want to know what it is.

If you have a score from 5-10 you are in good shape. 3-4 we need to work with you on improving your score. 1,2, or 3 well... We will need to talk about those.

If anybody thinks they have at least 100 clicks a day and want to know their TQ today, I will be around for about another 2-3 hours. And that's it.

Donny

 

[StrictlyNames]

I already sent my rep (Monte) a ticket... not sure if he's working today. If you have time to look into the tickets Donny, that would be great.

Thanks,
Dave

 

[Donny]

Dave - That's not as easy as you think to respond to. But I'll respond in a few after a little research and cc Monte.

Donny

 

[StrictlyNames]

lol, ok.. no prob. I can wait for monte.

 

[rickkumar]

I should be more detailed but I guess that's parked advantage, easy to use tool.

Regarding parking traffics and revenue, you will know it once you test some keywords. We can't tell you which is better as we don't know your domain names portfolio. All domain investors always try different keywords for their non-generic domains to get the most $ out of it.

Thanks Watcher.

Btw, we can ONLY select one main keyword per domain, and then the system selects all the other keywords. Right? Or can you select more than one keyword per domain?

 

[Avo19]

Donny, any chance you could comment on this? Thanks.

Donny, when using the the frameset for redirection as per the parking "how-to",
can we insert another frame for tracking purposes or adding extra content etc? i.e.

<FRAMESET ROWS="2"> 
<FRAME name="main" src="http://www.searchnut.com/?domain=refererdetect" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="auto" frameborder="0">
<FRAME name="tracking" src="tracking.php" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0">
</FRAMESET></HTML>

Thanks.

 

[Donny]

Btw, we can ONLY select one main keyword per domain, and then the system selects all the other keywords. Right? Or can you select more than one keyword per domain?

That is correct, 1 keyword/phrase and we do the rest. At least that's how it works today.


Avo19 - That's fine.

Donny

 

[Avo19]

.....
Avo19 - That's fine.

Donny

Thanks Donny.

 

[madpoet]

Does anyone have a suggestion for a tracking script to use if we are framing our pages?

 

[rickkumar]

Hello Donny,

I checked about 40 of my domains and found a little bug in your system as follows:

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If you have a "2 word (i.e. Keyword1Keyword2.com etc)" domain where Keyword1 is the main keyword such as in BANKRUPTCYDIGEST.COM, then your system develops website around the Keyword2 automatically without any consideration to the main keyword1. In this case the site was developed on the keyword2 (Digest) with no mention of the main keyword1 i.e. bankruptcy. When I chose the keyword as "bankruptcy", the new lander was great fully optimized.

I fixed some but there are many others with same problem that use similar 2nd keyword in a 2-word domain.

I then found the same problem with other similar domains where Keyword1 is the main keyword such as Keyword1Digest.com, Keyword1Blog.com, Keyword1Handbook.com, Keyword1Service.com, Keyword1Journal.com, Keyword1Book.com, Keyword1Info.com etc. Here the sites were developed on these keywords: blog, journal, service, info, book, handbook, digest, etc. I suggest that your system should ignore these kind of words whenever a domain is more than 1 word long.

Important: The problem was ONLY with the 2-word domains as above, not all kind of 2-word domains.

All other type of 2-word domains and the 3-word domains even with the above keywords were all amazingly well optimized by your system.

Btw, I found that 2-word domains with the 2nd word as Zilla (MoneyZilla.com) or Forum (HomeForum.us) were fine. Just the above mentioned words had problems.

Please let your developers know to take care of this problem, it will save me a lot of time which otherwise I have to spend going thru all the domains to correct the above problem.

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Thank you for your help. Its much appreciated.


Regards.

 

[packrat]

Let's see how to answer these.

Our system learns based on what people over time search for and click for on your individual domain. It is designed to even over time with enough clicks make a domain from one concept to another. It's a system that we developed about 7 years ago and it has been continously improved since then.


It completely depends on the traffic you are getting. But your domain will be purged and relearn new keywords at least every 5 days. If you have a domain with a lot of traffic it will be purged more often than once every 5 days. One thing to remember that this is based on a country level. So each country has it's own learning system.

Ok, I'm having a issue with this self-optimzing with one domain ayway.
It's a .ca pet supply domain, type in traffic. It's not a big earner with maybe
15 or so visitors a day and average $0.14/click but the CTR is good and
every bit helps.

It seems with this domain that every few days I see CTR dropping off, so I
check the domain and all my optimization work is gone! Instead of dog and
cats supplies for example it's as specific as "dog bowls" and breeds of birds
and such.

Also when editing the keywords for this domain what I expect to see on the 2 page lander just doesn't correlate with the keyword edits I've made. It takes me a lot of trial and error to get the links relevant to what visitors are looking for.

Is this a bug in the self-optimizing?

 

[jeffoverman]

my numbers were down today as well, yesterday they held up....

beginning see what everyone is saying.....my worry is rpc and amount of traffic...

the rating score system-i dont that volume that donny says....i feel my traffic is good...i asked my rep this couple times and said things look ok.

dying for my forex names kick in gear and my mesothelioma terms...

as far as bug issues-i cant optimize my names and with the thumbs up figure...I had pm donny this yesterday and submitted a trouble ticket a couple days back....

hang in there everyone-hope donny and crew can get things back up for everyone... i have no worries-just want this bug to be fixed at my end.

J

 

[hitchhiker]

sometimes I get paid more with the ask feed than yahoo feed AFTER the TQ adjustments. So I just ask my account manager to switch it to ask for me instead.

 

[NickRac]

Donny,

2 questions...

1. I recently looked into one of my domains which targets State Bank of India - so far in the past day I received 7 clicks under they keyword "State Bank Of India Credit Card" according to the traffic analysis...for a grand total of 11 cents...

When I go to yahoo to check what advertisers are paying it's coming up at $1.36 - what gives?

Using this as a guide: http://sem.smallbusiness.yahoo.com/searchenginemarketing/marketingcost.php

11 cents for 7 clicks on ANY keyword seems a bit wrong, especially for highly targeted credit card traffic.

2. How can I change account reps? I don't like mine very much.

Nick

 

[texasgamer]

How long does it take for a trouble ticket to be answered at Parked?

 

[Name Trader]

Depending on the time of day. Less than 1 hour.

 

[de2kurnia1]

hi Donny...
is that true parked.com cannot accept people from indonesia?
can you make exception for me ... thanks

 

[stroom_accu]

hi Donny...
is that true parked.com cannot accept people from indonesia?
can you make exception for me ... thanks

What wrong with indonesian?