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Domain parking is not a new issue for At-Large. We have a long and
interesting history related to this topic.<br><br>
In 2007, there was a prevalent practice among a number of registrars and
domainers called "domain tasting"
(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_tasting" eudora="autourl">
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_tasting</a>). In short it was a
completely legitimate (that is not against any rules) proactive which
allowed a domain to be registered and monetized, and if it did not prove
profitable, to cancel the registration at no net cost (ie free). This
allowed the "tasting" on many millions of domains per month.
The practice was also used to some extent for disposable domains for
generating spam (it was before phishing was common). If I remember
correctly, less than 1% were kept because they proved profitable (often
typos of real domain names). The ALAC requested a GNSO PDP to stop the
practice. Once the new policy was developed and adopted, it made tasting
to expensive to be practical in the general case.<br><br>
The issue of parked monetized pages also arose when we were requesting a
PDP on ensuring the rights of registrants who accidentally let their
domain expire. It was common for the registrar to monetize the page at
expiration or soon after, allowing them to make some extra money, and
also gauge whether the domain was "valuable" or not. If it was
valuable, they could take over the registration (virtually all
registration agreements let them do that) and then use it themselves or
auction it off. We ultimately decided to not object to the practice,
since doing so would impact the registrars revenue stream and would make
it much more difficult to achieve the real aims of the PDP. This proved
to be a correct analysis. We did ensure that the monetized page clearly
said it was an expired domain and told the registrant how to get it back.
And made sure the price did not go up immediately due to what was learned
during monetization. <br><br>
Interestingly we also in a few cases probably increased the monetization
because it was the practice in some cases to NOT interrupt the domain and
monetize it. This allowed the domain to work as if it was still owned by
the original registrant until it was too late to renew the registration
(generally 30 days) and then the registrar could take it over without any
way for the registrant to get it back at a reasonable price.<br><br>
This is a discussion that we could have, but I think it rather unlikely
that ICANN would stop the practice, as it directly goes to how the domain
is being used and its content. The only real issue within ICANN's current
remit is that in many cases, a parked domain is one that is found by
incorrectly typing a URL. A few years ago it was common to his monetized
pages through a search engine, but these days the search sites seem
pretty good at filtering them out - or at least that is my experience
(largely with Google).<br><br>
Alan<br><br>
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At 21/05/2017 03:11 AM, Kan Kaili wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=2>Hi again,<br>
<br>
This article may have nothing to do with Google. Sorry for that
... (although Google did provide the platform for these
activities)<br>
<br>
However, it also tells how to make money at the end-users' expense quite
a few years ago. Over time, according to some research, this has
already grown into an industry by itself.<br>
<br>
This is one of the reasons why the At-Large community needs to look into
domain parking.<br>
<br>
Kaili<br>
<br>
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<dd>----- Original Message ----- <br>
<dd>From:</b> <a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com">Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond</a>
<br>
<dd>To:</b>
<a href="mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org">
alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a> <br>
<dd>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 21, 2017 2:50 PM<br>
<dd>Subject:</b> Re: [ALAC] Fw: Interesting article about parked
domains<br><br>
<dd>Dear Kaili,<br><br>
<dd>that article dates from 2010. Google has since retired Adsense for
domains.<br><br>
<dd>
<a href="https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/2456470?visit_id=1-636309457565105321-703054909&ctx=as2&rd=1">
https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/2456470?visit_id=1-636309457565105321-703054909&ctx=as2&rd=1</a>
<br><br>
<dd>Kindest regards,<br><br>
<dd>Olivier<br><br>
<dd>ps. the author is the owner of GroovyPost which has nothing to do
with Google.<br><br>
<dd>On 21/05/2017 08:22, Kan Kaili wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">
<dd><font size=2>Hi,<br>
</font>
<dd> <br>
<dd><font size=2>Thanks a lot for sharing. Just read the article
titled "Make Easy Money from Your Parked Domains with Google AdSense
for Domains". <br>
</font>
<dd> <br>
<font size=2><br>
<dd>
<a href="https://www.groovypost.com/howto/google/google-adsense-for-domains-review-make-money-from-parked/">
https://www.groovypost.com/howto/google/google-adsense-for-domains-review-make-money-from-parked/</a>
<br><br>
<dd>This article by Google itself teaches you how to make money from
parked domains, although at the expense of consumers and end-users.<br>
</font>
<dd> <br>
<dd><font size=2>I am used to think of Google as "DO NO
EVIL". Well, maybe not always ... :(<br>
</font>
<dd> <br>
<dd><font size=2>Kaili<br>
</font>
<dd> <br>
<dd> <br><br>
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