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AdSense for Domains Now Open to All Publishers

We've announced that we are extending AdSense for domains to all publishers

         

AdSenseAdvisor

5:21 pm on Dec 11, 2008 (gmt 0)

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We just posted this announcement on the Inside AdSense blog.

ASA

signor_john

10:15 pm on Dec 16, 2008 (gmt 0)



Dauction made an interesting comment in the "Signed up for Adsense for Domains - was rejected" thread:

"Parking names makes far more sense than building a 1 page made for adsense page.

"The 1 page made for adsense is against adsense TOS.. they don't want millions of useless 1 page MFA's cluttering the serps.

Parking the names takes care of the serps issue because Parked under Google those names will not be found in the serps.(Yeah tons of more crap cleaned up)"

I thought I'd quote it here because it's directly related to the topic of this thread.

coachm

12:03 am on Dec 17, 2008 (gmt 0)

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I thought I'd quote it here because it's directly related to the topic of this thread.

I don't think it's relevant. Why would anyone think that we can only get rid of 1 page MFA's or parking?

Seriously. It's not one or the other. The program, (and us as publishers) suffer as a result of junk on all sides.

How bout this as a remarkable idea. Get rid of MFA's, AND domain parking, and convince people like me to advertise on a top quality network of sites. OR RE-convince me.

Scurramunga

12:51 am on Dec 17, 2008 (gmt 0)

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Interesting. Maybe the problem could be solved by restricting parked-domain ads to people with thousands or millions of domains, as the big-time domainers and some other members of this forum would prefer?

I don't seem to recall anybody here advocating the restriction of parked domain ads to big domainers. In fact I do seem to recall some WebmasterWorld members advocating the eradication of parked domain ads entirely.

annej

1:36 am on Dec 17, 2008 (gmt 0)

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AdSense has sure moved a long ways from the original concept of matching ads for content sites.

I wish some other internet company would do just that so we could have another choice.

signor_john

2:56 am on Dec 17, 2008 (gmt 0)



I wish some other internet company would do just that so we could have another choice.

There are alternatives, but most publishers--including those who perpetually complain about AdSense--stick with the contextual ad network that pays them the most money.

Atomic

4:53 am on Dec 17, 2008 (gmt 0)

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stick with the contextual ad network that pays them the most money.

Perhaps. But allowing ads on parked domains cost Google my advertising dollars. It was a decent budget, too. Now it goes elsewhere and it always will.

wyweb

5:33 am on Dec 17, 2008 (gmt 0)



They're already doing it... been doing it for several years now..;.

Impact on my stuff?

Haven''t seen it yet....

skweb

6:30 pm on Dec 17, 2008 (gmt 0)

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I don't understand this discussion. This product will definitely help a lot of publishers. I have 4 domains that I registered with GoDaddy but do not have the resources to launch and operate websites yet. GoDaddy is displaying ads right now. Why can't I display AdSense for domains and get some compensation for something that I am paying for. Thank you Google.

Will some abuse it? Sure but that is no justification for not providing this.

Atomic

7:41 pm on Dec 17, 2008 (gmt 0)

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I consider the program's mere existence to be abuse. This entire thread contains quite a bit of justification if you'd care to read it.

farmboy

8:07 pm on Dec 17, 2008 (gmt 0)

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I have 4 domains that I registered with GoDaddy but do not have the resources to launch and operate websites yet. GoDaddy is displaying ads right now. Why can't I display AdSense for domains and get some compensation for something that I am paying for. Thank you Google.

FWIW, GoDaddy already has a program where you could have parked your domains and earned cash from clicks. It's called DomainCash or something like that. Of course, GoDaddy gets a cut of that revenue.

With Google opening up their domain parking program, someone can simply switch from GoDaddy's program to Google's program. In theory, the domain owner should earn more with Google rather than GoDaddy because the revenue isn't being shared with the middleman.

I say "in theory" because I don't know whether GoDaddy's layout would attract as many clicks as Google's, what percentage of click revenue is passed on to the publisher with GoDaddy as compared to Google, etc.

Then there is another factor to consider. If lots of people switch from GoDaddy's program to Google's, I wonder if GoDaddy will just sit back and take the hit. GoDaddy might decide to add a fee of some sort to every registered domain that participates in Google's program and not in GoDaddy's program.

FarmBoy

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