[At-Large] Fwd: [ttcs] Google May Knee Cap Domain Tasting

[Bret Fausett]

Google cutting off the ad revenue from tasting won't change anything  
because few people taste domains for the revenue. You taste a domain  
name to see if it has traffic. If it has enough traffic to justify a  
$6.50 registration, you register it. If you're uncertain, you taste it  
again and again to get a larger sample size. If it doesn't have  
traffic, you let it drop. Domainers may monetize their temporary  
registrations as a way to get some extra revenue, but that extra  
revenue is just a nice bonus; it's not the primary reason anyone  
tastes a name.

           -- Bret

> According to Jay Westerdal at Domain Tools, Google would block all
> domains if they are less then five days old. In Jay's words, "This
> potential new policy change by Google could stop all Domain Tasting in
> its tracks."
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