Google to Kill Domain Tasting?

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via the DomainTools Blog.

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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.

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.

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More:
http://blog.domaintools.com/2008/01/google-to-kill-domain-tasting/

- - ferg

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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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