PARKED.COM - Official Thread!

[TOXX]

Hi,

Welcome to the OFFICIAL PARKED.COM thread!

 

[onlinelife]

I just join today, thanks for quick approval. Parking platform is impressive.

 

[tonyfloyd]

anybody experiencing rpc drops across the board in the last few days?

 

[Donny]

Tony,
Everything seems to be inline with last week at least as of right now. But this is based on the overall numbers.

Donny

 

[tonyfloyd]

k....thanks Donny!...

 

[pepsimax]

pm sent to Donny

Donny thanks for reply , best service from Donny everyone should join parked

 

[tonyfloyd]

do yesterday's stats plan on getting updated anytime??

 

[Donny]

Tony,
Good question. It seems one of our providers decided to take the weekend off without telling us. They claim to be processing their stats now. So I'd give it a few hours.

Donny

 

[Seabass]

do yesterday's stats plan on getting updated anytime??

It's because Donny did a tiny tweak of the system yesterday that caused our earnings to go up over 100 fold and now the servers are sizzling hot and running slow trying to calculate all those extra zeros and spit it out to the stats pages.

So, basically this is a server problem but I'm told Parked has allocated more than $500 million towards more servers and techies. Also, rumor has it that payments now will be wired daily instead of every two weeks. My source has also told me the Parked.com VISA card is coming soon and it will let you charge against future earnings at a 2.5% interest rate.

Just playin' ......stats are behind, but I'm sure it is a slow-to-report partner of theirs.

 

[PowerUp]

anybody experiencing rpc drops across the board in the last few days?

I don't know how to analyze the stats. But what I do know is my 2nd half of July earnings is less than 1st half of July.

 

[wolfis.com]

last several days are really bad - actually the worst for a very long time -

per click goes down every single day and the amount of clicks too. - it seams as more domains i add as less total revenue i get.

and stats are not finalized for 2 days now.

 

[netmeg]

I have days where I get nothin' but other days that are really great. Overall, I'm up. The last Yahoo update was advantageous for some of my more lucrative domains.

 

[tonyfloyd]

Tony,
Good question. It seems one of our providers decided to take the weekend off without telling us. They claim to be processing their stats now. So I'd give it a few hours.

Donny

thanks Donny....i thought Yahoo was the only provider in town....who are the others?

 

[qadn]

last several days are really bad - actually the worst for a very long time -

per click goes down every single day and the amount of clicks too. - it seams as more domains i add as less total revenue i get.

and stats are not finalized for 2 days now.

Lol, I know what you mean about adding domains but it’s the CTR & RPC over time that makes all the difference…

In Jan I got 9k visitors with around 200 domains – CTR = 59%
In June I got 11.5k visitors with around 500 domains – CTR = 50%

Long story short I’d increased my portfolio 150% and thought I’d increase my earnings significantly but because of the drop in CTR and a slight drop in RPC I only made a small amount more in June than I did in Jan.

There are also seasonal variations that affect traffic and the value of certain keywords to take into account. I joined Parked in Dec 07 and so won’t have a clear (or clearer) picture until I’ve got a full 12 months under my belt. Still very happy with the results so far though.

EDIT:

In Jan I was also getting about 20% SE traffic and now it's about 4%. Things change constantly so I suppose it's difficult to analyse fully. So long as you're earning more than you're spending etc...

 

[netmeg]

You know what might be kind of a neat feature, would be the ability exclude our own IP numbers, so that, for example, while I'm working on my customizations, and checking to see how things look by doing a lot of refreshing, it doesn't get counted as a real visit.

Just a thought. When I'm working on my developed sites, I made some placement holder gifs in various sizes for the AdSense blocks while designing, and then don't put the code in until the very last minute, so it doesn't skew the stats (or render an accidental self-click). It would be nice to be able to do it with Parked as well.

 

[trina1]

I just signed up w/ parked today and noticed they with hold 28% for taxes, is this the norm?

 

[Donny]

trina1 - We don't without any taxes.

netmeg - I'll definitely take a look at that. It may be a little tricky, but I'll see what I can do.

tonyfloyd - We have about 15 different providers now with Yahoo still being our primary one.

Donny

 

[netmeg]

Thanks! I thought of something else too - it would be nice to be able to download some of the traffic analysis information - specifically, the breakdown by keyword. Like maybe into a csv file? Since it's only five days worth at any given time, I like to aggregate them into a month or so to take a look at trends and whatnot.

(sorry, I'm sure you have enough to do as it is - it was just a thought)

 

[domainer111]

I was wondering could anyone tell me how to add a you tube video to the custom content area of a parked.com page?

 

[PowerUp]

Thanks! I thought of something else too - it would be nice to be able to download some of the traffic analysis information - specifically, the breakdown by keyword. Like maybe into a csv file? Since it's only five days worth at any given time, I like to aggregate them into a month or so to take a look at trends and whatnot.

(sorry, I'm sure you have enough to do as it is - it was just a thought)

I've always wondered why the visitor stats is only for the past 5 days. Couldn't it keep the stats for at least the past 30 days or longer?

 

[Donny]

Powerup - The traffic analysis is only for the past 5 days, because of the size of data that is needed to show that information. We have additional days, but it takes so long to compile it on the fly that 5 days is really the best.

domainer111 - Use the flash button in the custom content.

netmeg - I'll see what I can do. Something similiar is already on our list.

Donny