PARKED.COM - Official Thread!

[TOXX]

Hi,

Welcome to the OFFICIAL PARKED.COM thread!

 

[sdtrader]

I noticed this too.A welcome turn of events.

All gone today after the update.
Oh Well. easy come easy go.

 

[madpoet]

Wow... I gained 20% after finalized numbers. Nice!

 

[ekal]

Yesterday was my weirdest day ever at Parked:

1) No stats until midday
2) When the stats arrived they were about 10% of the normal level and stayed that way for the rest of the day
3) Wake up today and find the estimated revenue is double my best-ever day

Lets hope #3 is the only sign of things to come

Nope - #3 didn't last. Down 70% after final calculations.

 

[mrizos]

Wow... I gained 20% after finalized numbers. Nice!

While my rpc's are sort of sad I did finish up today

 

[domainer50]

WHOA !!!! How does this week. Yesterday It was showing 11 clicks for yesterday and today it shows 8!! Not to mention I made 32 cents off 8 clicks!!!!! And when I login now it only shows the 16th of January. Whats going on?

 

[Mike]

WHOA !!!! How does this week. Yesterday It was showing 11 clicks for yesterday and today it shows 8!! Not to mention I made 32 cents off 8 clicks!!!!! And when I login now it only shows the 16th of January. Whats going on?

New pay period. The Dashboard "starts over" with each pay period. You can change that by using the drop down on the right hand top to switch other time frames.
And the rollercoaster stats, i'm sure Donny has an idea and eventually an explanation as to what's going on with the traffic.

M.

 

[GILSAN]

My estimates/finalized stats have dropped 13 days in a row for me. my clicks drop everyday for months now... normal...

I am not worried about estimates to finalized stats dropping... that is why they are just estimates. But my overall RPC has dropped considerably over Nov and Dec.

Just for the record, I am just stating facts.. I'm not angry, expecting anything, or complaining. I honestly feel it's a TQ issue that will resolve itself soon. In the meantime, I'm still doing very well overall.

I also appreciate that attention that Donny has given to the recent issues and keeping us informed of what he thinks the problem is (tq scores)

Hang in there.

Dave

Like you I'm also just showing stats and trying to understand from more experienced domainers if some of these trends also apply to them.

Being relatively new to this I still don't know what my TQ score is although I was told that I should know it either this week or next. Perhaps my TQ is already out and is low and I don't know it yet!

I agree with you about Donny. We are all lucky to have such a person amongst us.

GIL

 

[netmeg]

I'm thinking there was some kind of strange bot activity. I can always tell when things are running a little weird; as you know I have a wide variety of sites where I have all 50 state names, plus whatever keywords. When I see visits (and yesterday it was clicks!) where it looks like someone is going through state by state, then I'm pretty sure it's a bot of some kind. Yesterday I was seeing clicks on things like alabamawidgets.com then alaskawidgets.com then arizonawidgets.com and so on. Or if I see illinois, indiana and iowa all in a row - stuff like that. Needless to say, those clicks from yesterday are gone today. Which is okay - I have seen this often enough to know they are probably not real, and I was expecting them to be taken out.

 

[domainer50]

i'm sure Donny has an idea and eventually an explanation as to what's going on with the traffic.

M.

Lets hope so

 

[whitebark]

What's he going to explain? For each one of you with suffering stats there are as many of us seeing our profits going up. It seems like things are bad because people like to post more often when things are going wrong, and don't post as often when things are going well.

Yes it's the TQ - your traffic doesn't pay as much as you think it should. Yahoo has determined that some traffic is worth more than others - that's just the way it works. Try your under-achieving domains at another company or two and see what happens. Even Donny has recommended that!

Sorry to be harsh - but there we are.

 

[Sameh]

100% right and totally agreed!

What's he going to explain? For each one of you with suffering stats there are as many of us seeing our profits going up. It seems like things are bad because people like to post more often when things are going wrong, and don't post as often when things are going well.

Yes it's the TQ - your traffic doesn't pay as much as you think it should. Yahoo has determined that some traffic is worth more than others - that's just the way it works. Try your under-achieving domains at another company or two and see what happens. Even Donny has recommended that!

Sorry to be harsh - but there we are.

 

[GILSAN]

What's he going to explain? For each one of you with suffering stats there are as many of us seeing our profits going up. It seems like things are bad because people like to post more often when things are going wrong, and don't post as often when things are going well.

Yes it's the TQ - your traffic doesn't pay as much as you think it should. Yahoo has determined that some traffic is worth more than others - that's just the way it works. Try your under-achieving domains at another company or two and see what happens. Even Donny has recommended that!

Sorry to be harsh - but there we are.

Thanks Roy.
I don't think your'e being harsh, just your experience talking and I personally apreciate your straight forward answers!

GIL

 

[Mike]

What's he going to explain? For each one of you with suffering stats there are as many of us seeing our profits going up. It seems like things are bad because people like to post more often when things are going wrong, and don't post as often when things are going well.

Yes it's the TQ - your traffic doesn't pay as much as you think it should. Yahoo has determined that some traffic is worth more than others - that's just the way it works. Try your under-achieving domains at another company or two and see what happens. Even Donny has recommended that!

Sorry to be harsh - but there we are.

Who said things are going bad?!?!?! For the record, i had an a highly satisfactory pay period this January.
What i'm (was) hoping to find out is why there's a pattern of 3 lower days followed by a smashing day. If that's not a legitimate question than i don't know what is.

M.

 

[netmeg]

It is a little harsh, I think. Some of us (supposedly) have high TQ scores still, but have seen large and sudden drops. It's not unreasonable to wonder what is going on.

 

[domainer50]

What's he going to explain?

Hes going to have to explain to me how on one day i had 11 clicks, and this morning on that same day It went down to 8. Thats not normal. Ill be waiting for my explanation

 

[StrictlyNames]

It is a little harsh, I think. Some of us (supposedly) have high TQ scores still, but have seen large and sudden drops. It's not unreasonable to wonder what is going on.

I very much agree with you netmeg.

Hes going to have to explain to me how on one day i had 11 clicks, and this morning on that same day It went down to 8. Thats not normal. Ill be waiting for my explanation

sorry to say domainer50, but that is not unusual at all.... estimates are estimates. Parked pays for what Yahoo reports, the estimates are a courtesy. Sometimes bots slip through the cracks and clicks get counted that shouldn't.

 

[domainer50]

I sorry to say domainer50, but that is not unusual at all.... estimates are estimates. Parked pays for what Yahoo reports, the estimates are a courtesy. Sometimes bots slip through the cracks and clicks get counted that shouldn't.

Estimates on earnings yes. But I find that very hard to believe.

 

[John Doe]

Actually things are really great. On of my domains just reached 5800% CTR for today. :hehe:
Sure, tomorrow these clicks will be deleted. Still nice to look for now.

 

[gregham2020]

I am seeing that as well....regular traffic on a couple of domains but they are getting like 100+200+clicks with 10 visitors. So this is a reporting bug correct?

 

[domainer50]

I am seeing that as well....regular traffic on a couple of domains but they are getting like 100+200+clicks with 10 visitors. So this is a reporting bug correct?

Yes I would think so. Somethings up. Donny will let us know eventually Im sure.