OpenSRS will be withdrawing its "Expired Domains Program" early next year.The program which allowed resellers to monetise expired domains under their account is to be withdrawn on January 6th 2009 due to a cited decrease in revenues from ad networks.The "Parked Pages Program" will not be affected … [Read more...] about OpenSRS Culls Expired Domains Program
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Google Adsense For Domains Opens Up
Image via CrunchBase, source unknownGoogle dropped a bit of a bombshell yesterday when they announced that they were opening up Adsense for Domains to the general public (North American publishers first).Could this be the end for some of the smaller parking companies?With Google's ever growing publisher base I suspect that some of the parking companies are going to be under … [Read more...] about Google Adsense For Domains Opens Up
Sedo Expands UK Presence
Sedo are expanding their UK offices and adding more staff at all levels. They're also moving from Reading into London.While there have been rumours of issues in the parking industry it's obvious that not all companies are feeling the squeeze just yet. … [Read more...] about Sedo Expands UK Presence
Chitika Launches Parking Solution
While many parking companies seem to be having issues it's interesting to see a new "player" entering the foray.Chitika, which is best known for it's "blog friendly" advertising solutions, has just launched a domain parking solution called "Chitika for Domains".The "beta" nature of the solution reveals itself very quickly if you try to explore it in any great depth. In less … [Read more...] about Chitika Launches Parking Solution
Verisign Considering Monetising the Root
I'm always amazed at some of the things companies will do or try to do to get a bit of extra income.According to a recent post by Frank Michlick, Verisign are considering selling access to the root server logs.While this isn't as abhorrent as the redirect from a couple of years back, it still is cause for some level of concern.However, if Frank's figures of what it will cost … [Read more...] about Verisign Considering Monetising the Root