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
Tracking domain names isn’t easy! I often post “domain movers” and “DotWeekly Discoveries” by using several methods but one key factor that I always use is whois records. These consist of current and historical records.
The problem with whois and I have said this before, it really should be “who do you want to be” instead of whois. Whois records for domain names should be better attached to the account holder at a domain name registrar but they are not. … Read the rest
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
It’s time to get serious with your domain name assets and protect them the best you can at your domain name registrar! The following are suggestions on how to best secure your domain names and there really is one key factor here, email!
First, and this is why it’s first… have a different email address in the whois than you do on your registrar account. That way, they (the bad guys) don’t know what email to hack to do … Read the rest
