Google to Kill Domain Tasting?
Jay Westerdal writes on the DomainTools Blog:
A confidential informant says Google will stop monetizing all domains if they are less then five days old. This potential new policy change by Google could stop all Domain Tasting in its tracks.More here.
The Add Grace Period (AGP) is a time period when registrars can delete a domain at no cost, but in this time frame a registrant could register millions of these temporary domains and place Google Adsense for Domains on them. The result is the ability to produce millions of temporary websites that literally generate millions of dollars in income per week for Google. It was disclosed in court that one partner that Google had was generating as much as $3 million dollars a month from the practice and that was after Google’s revenue share. Oversee.net and other companies have been using this practice for years and it will have a direct impact on them.
The gravy train of free money might be coming to a halt very fast. This policy change at Google should be announced to the channel partners soon and it will have a huge echoing impact on the Industry.
posted by Fergie @ 1/24/2008 02:50:00 PM
1 Comments:
How exactly does this stop domain tasting, rather than simply deferring profit for five days? The author addressed some folks with similar concerns, but unsatisfactorily, in my opinion. The grace period is complete BS, and needs to go away - maybe someday ICANN will grow a pair (unlikely).
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