explanation of changes?

[domainah]

Tom, you said you are now responsible for this board, I am not sure how familiar you are with all the changes that have been made to the parking program in the last couple of weeks as it always seems Sedo does not even inform its own people about changes all the time,
...many people seem to have shifted away from Sedo recently also due to a lack of responses to questions and honest explanations,..I think the whole "dynamic pricing" seems a little vague, if you could explain in detail how that works, ...it also seems that you introduced some filter maybe that doesnt count all the clicks as many of us also experienced a drop in CTR..if you could explain that (or reverse it), maybe it will save us all 100s of hours trying to figure out some keyword that might work or not work

 

[Theo]

Monday's already gone in the UK and Germany.

 

[domainah]

Yeah seems like they the questions stay unanwsered while strange things continue to happen with clicks disappearing..

 

[mistermouse63]

Somehow it seems to me that Sedo might be not the one to blame. Namedrive isnt doing that well compared to Sedo either. It is a little better, but not convincingly. Perhaps, it's Google that is cutting off the profit. And as for reply our question, that would happen if domainers form a lobby group. Separately no one can change anything, but doing it together is bound to have results.

 

[Ian]

I would tend to agree to a certain degree. Late summer we were talking about an anticipated spike in traffic and CTR because schools would open but this has had almost no effect in as far as my revenue is concerned--things look pretty much the same like summer if not slightly higher! Neither Sedo not ND is doing for me a such a great job for now!! Any more thoughts on this?

 

[domainah]

well, I am also talking about the not counting of repeat visitors and the not counting of multiple clicks..

 

[wolfis.com]

i'm not sure what we are crying about here , as according to my account manager , i am only one of a very few whoms revenue went down.

in fact my account manager writes that 90 % of his sedopro accounts earning more !!

also , sedo's lack of response to specific questions shows they are not feeling any impact of revenue loss ,due to domainportfolios are pulled from sedo to ppc services.

and last but not least , i did not notice any sharp decline in alexa ( checking for sedo's total pageviews and reach per million internet users).

this shows me that no large amount of traffic has moved away from sedo - everyone is talking about it ,but noone really sticks to it.

i am willing to go together with a few others to take care of our own traffic ( getting the google feed directly )

p.s.: here is the interesting part of the original message from my account manager:

"Ich kann Ihren Ärger verstehen, da Sie drastische Umsatzeinbrüche zu verzeichnen haben. Die Umstellung auf den neuen Werbefeed führt zu dynamischen, marktorientierten Preisen. 90% meiner Pro-Kunden, insbesonders diejenigen, mit breiten Portfolios aus allen Themengebieten und generischen Begriffen verdienen deutlich mehr. Aber wo es auf der einen Seite Gewinne gibt, gibt es zwangsläufig auch Verluste. Besonders die Bereiche online Games und Erotik werden von unseren Werbepartnern nicht mehr so gut bezahlt wie früher. Und da Ihre Topverdiener aus diesem Bereich kommen, ist ein Umsatzeinbruch nicht vermeidbar. Ich kann vollkommen nachvollziehen, wenn Sie jetzt andere Parkinganbieter testen, aber ich würde mich sehr wundern, wenn Sie dort mehr verdienen würden. (Außer in den ersten zwei Wochen, da die meisten Parkinganbieter in dieser Zeit den Traffic analysieren und erst dann eine reelle Auszahlung vornehmen"

 

[simon]

I got a reply from Brad and he told me that he is no longer in Dnforum. Someother dude is taking over him.