PARKED.COM - Official Thread!

[TOXX]

Hi,

Welcome to the OFFICIAL PARKED.COM thread!

 

[Varon]

:bingo: or should I say BingHoo!

:lol::lol::lol: Very appropriate Gil.

 

[BizBot]

:bingo: or should I say BingHoo!

Somebody in China registered Binghoo.com on May 28, 2009. :bah:

 

[netmeg]

Yes, they've been calling it for the past week or so.

Well, we shall see what we shall see.

Meanwhile, Donny, I know you're probably very busy today, but I emailed you an issue I ran across with the bulk upload - not sure if I'm doing it wrong or it's borked.

 

[ebatcave]

Somebody in China registered Binghoo.com on May 28, 2009. :bah:

Yahbing.com is available :sold:

 

[netmeg]

By the way, it's worthwhile to note that we're not going to see these changes immediately. According to the conference call/press release, the deal isn't going to be finalized until early 2010 (and you can bet that the Govt will be taking a hard look at it, probably egged on by Google); the first phase will take around six months, and they estimate 24 months before full worldwide implementation.

 

[GILSAN]

Yahbing.com is available :sold:

Yahbing.com is already registered! At the moment I'm not too excited about this Bing/Yahoo move.
Like Varon says it all depends if MSFT can get people to change their home page to Bing, which is not going to be easy at all. People are so used to "google" for virtually everything. I know I'm one of those.

And to quote Netmeg's words, which fit perfectly at the moment "we shall see what we shall see"

 

[netmeg]

Nobody needs to change their home page for it to make a difference.

Follow along with me here.

A good portion of Yahoo's search share came from their toolbar.

Microsoft is releasing Windows 7 in October (I have my copies pre-ordered at Amazon, and if you're planning to upgrade, I'm happy to pass you an affiliate link; it's half price if you pre-order and you don't have to pay till it ships)

Of course, Windows 7 will have a Bing toolbar. Because of anti trust issues, they have to offer the Google toolbar as well. They probably already have the Yahoo toolbar coded in there too. If the Bing toolbar is integrated *really* intelligently, I expect many people won't bother changing. Heck, a good portion won't even notice.

The people who are accustomed to using the Yahoo toolbar will pick that one and - they get Bing results.

Even some of the Google toolbar enthusiasts will probably at least try it.

So we have all the people who want to upgrade, PLUS new PCs (even in a down market) all with Windows 7 installed. Out of the three toolbars that come with, two are delivering Bing results.

That's how I see it, anyway.

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As an addendum - if you want to see what a huge bargain Microsoft appears to be getting (courtesy of the Justice Dept who blocked the Google/Yahoo deal which contributed to Yahoo's worth falling) Danny Sullivan has made this nice chart comparing the 2008 proposed deal with the one that was signed today.

Microsoft-Yahoo Deals 2008 & 2009, Side-By-Side

 

[GILSAN]

Yahoo shareholders don't like MSFT at all. They refused an offer of over $30 a share last year and today the stock dropped almost 12% after the Bing/Yahoo deal. Its at just over $15 a share at the moment. At the end of 2005 it reached a peak of $40 a share but has been on a slide since.

 

[kemjika11]

Yahoo shareholders don't like MSFT at all. They refused an offer of over $30 a share last year and today the stock dropped almost 12% after the Bing/Yahoo deal. Its at just over $15 a share at the moment. At the end of 2005 it reached a peak of $40 a share but has been on a slide since.

Hmm....if Yahoo shareholders don't like MSFT, then would they prefer to see google keep eating away at yahoo in every way? Sometimes you have to make choices, and MSFT is a beast when it comes to cash on hand. Never underestimate cash, even if you've got <30% of the search market. Anything to tame google more, or make it compete(and lose a little too) is great.

 

[ebatcave]

Has anyone tried using a frames redirect by housing the domain on your own name server and using the searchnut.com/?domain=(your domain name) to pull up the parked page? Would that get around the issue of Bing targeting parked name servers and excluding them from search? Just wondering…

 

[discovernow]

By the way, it's worthwhile to note that we're not going to see these changes immediately. According to the conference call/press release, the deal isn't going to be finalized until early 2010 (and you can bet that the Govt will be taking a hard look at it, probably egged on by Google); the first phase will take around six months, and they estimate 24 months before full worldwide implementation.

Does that mean nothing will changed as regard to parking our names with Parked.com, still a Yahoo feed until early 2010?

Thanks, Jim

 

[Donny]

Jim,
As I understand as of today, that is the plan. But you know how things change.

Donny

 

[chandan]

Danny i think parked.com wont allow 404 error pages

is there any way for them ( redirection or any custom page ) ?

 

[Donny]

Chandon - Parked has 404's errors. We just show the normal landing page.

Donny

 

[ebatcave]

Okay......it does look like the changes are working so far.

Here's one domain for yesterday......three uniques, six clicks:

3 6 $16,796.67 200.00% $8.40 $50.39

Thanks Parked.com !

.

Awesome! :yell:

 

[DnPresident]

Has anyone tried using a frames redirect by housing the domain on your own name server and using the searchnut.com/?domain=(your domain name) to pull up the parked page? Would that get around the issue of Bing targeting parked name servers and excluding them from search? Just wondering…

I have seen names in the past redirect from the searchnut engine but not by housing it on their own server.

 

[firefly]

Okay......it does look like the changes are working so far.

Here's one domain for yesterday......three uniques, six clicks:

3 6 $16,796.67 200.00% $8.40 $50.39

Thanks Parked.com !

.

Great numbers. Congrats Seabass!

 

[jeffoverman]

Had to catch up here and do some reading.

Interesting stuff and another big change to the industry.

Congrats seabase!

 

[hartonson]

$8 a click? I'm guessing dental or conference-call thingy

 

[TOXX]

Okay......it does look like the changes are working so far.

Here's one domain for yesterday......three uniques, six clicks:

3 6 $16,796.67 200.00% $8.40 $50.39

Thanks Parked.com !

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Awesome SB! :tu:
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One of your "lower performing" names anyway, right? j.k.!