I discovered yesterday that some GoDaddy Auctions expired domain names are using RookMedia.net domain parking pages instead of the standard GoDaddy parking pages displaying that the domain expired and is pending renewal or deletion.

It appears that about 6-10 days after expiring, some domains are changing DNS to ns100.rookdns.com and ns99.rookdns.com and using the parking service provided by RookMedia.net.

Why they are doing this is the real interesting question? Is it a money thing? Are they interested in Rook Media? … Read the rest

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Domain parking sucks, is getting worse and worse, year after year… but could it get SO BAD that you end up with a negative balance? We have all had the 1 click for $0.00 but could it be worse? According to SmartName, it appears so. I mentioned my displeasure with SmartName earlier this week about “Quality Adjustments” and nothing to back up the “adjustments”.

In fact, I went back and forth with SmartName rep Elizabeth to get … Read the rest

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SmartName.com is included in the title of this story, because they do “Quality Adjustment” to domain name parking revenue. Google also does adjustments to “final earnings” for adsense, but on a daily basis from what I have seen. SmartName does it on a monthly basis. I’m sure a lot of companies do it in some fashion.

So what the hell is this “Quality Adjustment”? No fucking clue… other than on digital paper, these bastards are stealing my money! Mr CEO … Read the rest

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I have been parking domain names with SmartName.com for many years. It was never the best, but I did like several things they offered and that is why I used the service. What I liked the most was the way they displayed “for sale” messages ontop of the landing pages for domains you wished to offer for sale. It was custom and you really could put any text and link that text as you wished. I also liked the kickback … Read the rest

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