So in this example "list-of-sex-positions.com" would have the most SEO potential, but is not considered a catchy name for a developed web site?
"list-of-sex-positions" should match searches for "list of sex positions", "listofsexpositions", and to some extent searchs for the other keywords or combinations of the keywords. But this advantage by the domain name is small. It is only one aspect of how sites are ranked. For parking you would always get the domains that match the exact search order of the words that people use since you are competing with developed sites and need every possible advantage. For a site, it's better to have a domain without hyphens that will be shorter and look better.
"If the .com is not available, getting one of the other TLDs should work as well as far as the benefit of the keywords in the domain." This is very interesting, does it indicate that if you take a searched word/phrase of 30,000 p/a and get the .cc domain then you have a good chance of getting first page of the search rankings if the other TLDs are the only competitors?
No. The keywords in the domain are only a small part of the ranking forumula. My point here is about parking and I'm just saying that the TLD really does not seem to be a factor plus or minus for a parked domain or site.
My question is, for your .in domain that gets revenue (I assume it's in parking) - it's not type in traffic right, you're not getting people looking for keyword.in, with that extension?
Maybe, but I have my domains parked with a service that allows me to publish links to my domains. Most don't allow you to do ANYTHING, but if search engine traffic is allowed, then why not allow links to the domains as long as no incentive or fraud is involved?
If so, traffic is from search engine results, is that right? Why then would your parked page "beat" other, keyword rich, linked, fully "developed" sites for this traffic? Do you need to have parking that allows content?
I have seen one of my domains get a top listing for the keyword phrase of the domain. But it's not a huge one. It works because the keyword phrase is an exact match. If there is much compitition then the only chance you have to be seen is with a real site or a parking service that offers what seem like real sites.
Hint: If you have a domain with a KW phrase that has a high bid price, then you will not need as much traffic/clicks to make some money. You don't need much over a year to pay the renewal fee. At the end of a year if the domain has not paid for itself, SELL IT or drop it! Don't throw good money after bad unless you really love the domain or think it will have sales potential someday. Just remember you could be waiting for a long time. I don't buy many for sales potential, I buy for parking income. If I can also buy one with sales potential then that's a plus.
Or perhaps you need merely very low (i.e. no) competition for a term?
This really improves your chances greatly...
Or...perhaps the traffic and/or SEO is through links - that you've set up cos it's hand regged? (That's not allowed though, is it?)
If your domain has existing link traffic or has potential for type-in traffic then you can park anywhere. If you can't earn money from the traffic by looking at the stats and trying different KW and design, then move to another service. They are all different and one may do great and another will suck.
But if you have domains that are new or have little potential, then park them with a service that allows you to do a little honest promotion. Or another option you may have is to put a site on the domain and promote it to get links and traffic. Then you should be able to use a parking service that only allows "existing" links and SE traffic.
I strongly advise you to check the TOS of the parking service and ALSO contact them and ask them to make sure. They will appreciate your interest in following their rules and it will keep you from getting your account closed because you did something you should not have done.
