Parking in December

[burnsinternet]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

93% this month, 88% for last month!

My Russian IDNs:
0.26% of uniques are non-European this month, the rest are from Europe

12% of uniques were non-European last month, most from North America, 88% European.

[burnsinternet]

Parking stats have been really strange. November was all good. This month, one day is incredibly high, next is lower than usual, and back again. Swinging back and forth. Day of the week is not the factor. Very very strange, but still on track for best month ever (again).

[Fka200]

Originally Posted by burnsinternet

still on track for best month ever (again).

I questioned my portfolio a couple months ago... now I'm pretty happy with it. It could be better, but I think I'm doing fine for investing in a market where PPC sucks.

[burnsinternet]

Chinese?

Arabic is not so bad.

[Rubber Duck]

Originally Posted by Noemi

I agree with zen. There are TONS of immigrants in the US that speak their first language better and generally only visit sites in their mother language. Of course this depends on the country. Most Russians are in Russia, but things are different with other languages.

Maybe, but in terms of knowing what is going on in the markets which are of primary interest, it is just noise.

[touchring]

Originally Posted by burnsinternet

Chinese?

Arabic is not so bad.

Some arabics (depend on keyword) is better because there are few arabic ads - they display american ads instead - wihch you get higher yield.

In fact, a year ago, arabic brought in the best yields when they displayed all american ads.

[Fka200]

The English ads aren't bad, but you get a low CTR. Advertising on a decent scale won't happen soon for the Middle East--IMO. I can't see myself getting rich of Arabic PPC. Hell, I'm wondering how long it'll be for some names to actually make their cost back (2nd market). When you get crap PPC, you have to wonder these things for the future. Debt is killing me .

[jacksonm]

Originally Posted by Fka200

Advertising on a decent scale won't happen soon for the Middle East--IMO.

You can't classify the "middle east" as a single advertising entity; some countries will advertise on a grand scale while others may never advertise. BTW, most of my Arabic traffic and PPC comes from the maghreb and Egypt.

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[Fka200]

Originally Posted by jacksonm

You can't classify the "middle east" as a single advertising entity; some countries will advertise on a grand scale while others may never advertise. BTW, most of my Arabic traffic and PPC comes from the maghreb and Egypt.

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Normally trends will spread through the whole Middle East. I'm sure populations in some countries will advertise online more, but I'm looking for a general "overall" increase. This is the increase I'm saying probably won't happen very soon. I hope to be wrong, though.

[jacksonm]

Originally Posted by Fka200

Normally trends will spread through the whole Middle East. I'm sure populations in some countries will advertise online more, but I'm looking for a general "overall" increase. This is the increase I'm saying probably won't happen very soon. I hope to be wrong, though.

Look at google trends for most of your top single-word Arabic terms. I find that most terms have really strong trends in one or two countries, but it's not the same countries for every term. And I'm not talking about targeted traffic, either, which generally has no trends. One could reason that advertising trends will be roughly in line with google trends.

I think that most of the terms which have strong trends across all Arabic speaking countries were taken by Nasser in 2001 and he's not letting them go. Well he did do that small release to Snapnames portfolio auction a few months ago, but it wasn't a significant quanity - probably just an easy way to fund renewals for a while longer.

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[touchring]

Originally Posted by Fka200

When you get crap PPC, you have to wonder these things for the future. Debt is killing me .

U have to minimize the debt, it will affect ur decisions psycologically. Better to have a few prime names than to maintain a huge portfolio of average names.

[Fka200]

Originally Posted by touchring

U have to minimize the debt, it will affect ur decisions psycologically. Better to have a few prime names than to maintain a huge portfolio of average names.

I'm trying hard. I see it as healthy debt. I've been really close to PMing a few members here to make offers on their domains, but have held back since my Visa + Mastercard bills. LOL.

Anyone getting really irritated by Namedrive's updated stats? The domains I have parked there are getting GOOD traffic and making something, but when I check back in 2 days, the clicks all get valued @ 0.01cents!

[burnsinternet]

Originally Posted by Fka200

Anyone getting really irritated by Namedrive's updated stats? The domains I have parked there are getting GOOD traffic and making something, but when I check back in 2 days, the clicks all get valued @ 0.01cents!

Hey, that's parking... Same thing happens with ASCII French & Spanish for me. Foreign advertisers have to start spending money.

[touchring]

Originally Posted by Fka200

I'm trying hard. I see it as healthy debt. I've been really close to PMing a few members here to make offers on their domains, but have held back since my Visa + Mastercard bills. LOL.

Anyone getting really irritated by Namedrive's updated stats? The domains I have parked there are getting GOOD traffic and making something, but when I check back in 2 days, the clicks all get valued @ 0.01cents!

That's how they make you feel good, because you tend to see the better results more than you see the revised results, it's psychology.

For Arabics, sometimes changing to english keyword (especially for technology terms) can help boost PPC without reducing CTR.

I've not experienced it for myself, but I also heard that Sedo pays better for Arabics. Hope this helps.

[Fka200]

Originally Posted by touchring

That's how they make you feel good, because you tend to see the better results more than you see the revised results, it's psychology.

For Arabics, sometimes changing to english keyword (especially for technology terms) can help boost PPC without reducing CTR.

I've not experienced it for myself, but I also heard that Sedo pays better for Arabics. Hope this helps.

Have tried it all, trust me . I'm trying to figure out *DECENT* optimization techniques. Any finds you can be sure that I will share them with members. Right now I'm finding that the No RS theme is working fairly well with a majority of IDNs. Basic feel + straight to the point (ads in your face).

I'm also trying to work on something super special for the members. Just give me a little bit longer to see what the hell is going on, and I'll report back.

About the debt, that's what I get for having faith, huh? LOL. There's some IDNs I'd be willing to go even more in debt for if I had the chance. Just gotta think about it!

[touchring]

how about the thing about sedo paying better for arabics? tried that also?