Donny Donnie Don whats up with Parked?

[Donny Simonton]

Don't forget about Ask. You have some traffic going there as well.

You normally have 1 domain that throws off the estimate, I'm sure you know which one it is.

What about the one on the 18th that we underestimated 2,523.81%?

I hate estimates myself, that's why we created the remove estimates option for everybody to use if they want.

Oh well, going to do a little Hollywood partying.

Donny

 

[Theo]

Donny, if you're talking about the one with the 186 clicks, it was the infamous clickbot in action. I reported it to Mr. Higgins as soon as I saw it.

I am asking why the revenue estimates not only seem to be 30% or more off, but the PPC is affected as well.

 

[BELLC1]

Is there any plan to change the way manual hardcoding automatically puts an adult template instead of giving the option, "Is this an adult website?" so we don't have to send in emails to support each time we want to make a edit a new or existing domain?

 

[Shaggy]

Shaggy - I have to disagree with Acroplex on this one. Your RPC is actually up. You just seemed to have lost some trafffic on one of your domains.

Donny

Donny, that is true. The traffic did go down and my RPC did go up, but the CTR was at 14% when usually its around 30% - 45%. That was my only concurn is all.

 

[Biggie]

traffic and rev is slipping, dipping and taking a dive.

hope this is just the new years blues, and not the sign of the times for 2008.

rpm and rpc is down

what's up?

Since I started this thread it has extended with other questions from fellow users.

Therefore, I would like to extend these words of praise for his efforts, regardless to the performance of my individual account.

whatever point that has risen, "Donny" has shown patience during this high level of "customer interaction".

I believe if I had to deal with the same issues on an individual basis, it might push me to the edge...( depending on what I was getting paid )


BTW: my stats for the past 3 days are looking more "in-line" with Oct - Nov performance levels, so that's an improvement.

Thanks Donny

 

[tonyfloyd]

I agree biggedon...Donny is a stand-up guy and his customer service skills are top-notch!!...He sure has proven that he can handle the heat in the kitchen!!...:....Way to be Donny.....don't change man!!... Thanks Donny!!

PS- These posts are in no way any attack on Donny....at least mine aren't.......ok??...we all happy now??

Tony

 

[Theo]

Still some unanswered questions.
If Yahoo implements a TQ process and have dropped their PPC, why use Yahoo as the feed provider? E.g. my Sedo revenue has doubled since mid-December and the same goes for my affiliate revenue which shows I am not the only one witnessing good results on a Google feed.

 

[DavidAusman]

Donny.....start talking man....what is going on????

there is some serious shit going on........

HOW DOES RPC GO FROM $3.76 on 1/13 to .84 cents on 1/14?????????????

Maybe clicks are coming from different keywords, or perhaps the conversion is better at that time!

 

[Focus]

Parked.com is right on track and the payouts are normal and good like always....if you have the traffic and clicks they show the money because YAHOO shows them the money...if people are making a few bucks per day with very low traffic then they should surely not start whistle blowing about the ppc market and payouts unless they are generating thousands of clicks over many business verticals and can gauge the ppc status and payouts overall and see the big picture..parked beats every other ppc company hands down unless maybe you have your own direct search engine feed!

 

[Theo]

All I know is that Yahoo pays shit right now. That's a gauge right there.

 

[David G]

I have not been following the parked.com threads and know little about traffic quality scoring. Can someone please tell me what the min and max range is and some idea on how it is calculated. Thanks.

P.S. Donny is to be complemented for standing up to the ongoing storm here.

 

[tonyfloyd]

hhhmmm...focus makes sense....yet Theo makes sense also.....yahoo payout's have been low recently......

theo - what happened to your "Yanni" pic?....

 

[Theo]

Apparently Yahoo is not doing too well financially and it's trimming the money that should be going to our pockets. Read news about layoffs here.

 

[ilovedomains]

I have not been following the parked.com threads and know little about traffic quality scoring. Can someone please tell me what the min and max range is and some idea on how it is calculated. Thanks.

P.S. Donny is to be complemented for standing up to the ongoing storm here.

TQ seems to be some sort of "Traffic Quality" score on a scale of 1-10. Most likely its just another scheme to pay us less.

I give out Quality scores too...
Donny has a SQ (Support Quality score) of 10.
Yahoo has a PQ (Payment Quality score) of 2.

In spite of a high SQ, when PQ reaches 2, its time to say CU and start sending the traffic somewhere else.

See how this "Quality Score" thing works now?

 

[VirtualT]

my quality score is either 2 or 10 I haven't worked out which yet as it changes between 2 and 10 every couple of days

 

[ilovedomains]

All I know is that Yahoo pays shit right now. That's a gauge right there.

You think maybe it has something to do with this?
Hundreds of Layoffs Expected at Yahoo:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/t...50800&en=0019b93b4bb1c219&ei=5087&oref=slogin

 

[Theo]

I already posted this news earlier

 

[tonyfloyd]

why are stats always delayed??......they used to be updated by 2-2:30 EST....not once this year have they been updated by that time......any reason?...curious...

 

[Bill Roy]

I know I can be backward but TQ scores keep getting mentioned. As I undestand the system it is a numerical system with values of '1 - 10'. Is 10 the highest and best? Also does your TQ score mean you get a different percentage as payment?

I would like to understand this because my TQ score is '-' (yes not even a number just a hyphen, or worse still is that a 'minus mark')!

 

[winward]

My TQ score is 10, however, the PRC has been decreased at least 3-5 points since December 5, 2007. I hope everything will be normalized soon.