I have a bunch of domains (over 50) parked at Sedo.com for a few years now and I participate in their click-revenue/co-advertising program. Received a notice (for the first time) a few weeks ago that "domain traffic audits indicate that the traffic and/or clicks to your domain names parked with Sedo do not reflect typical rates."
I didn't know what they were talking about. There was an increase in click-throughs on only three or four of my domains, the rest of them have remained stable. The increase was from an average of around 0 ~ 1 per month to 4 ~ 5 per month, and only over a period of about 20 days prior to the notice. IOW, it appears to have been an anomaly. Sometimes, it happens where one of your domains suddenly gets more traffic for a couple weeks for no known or apparent reason, then goes back down.
I didn't do anything about it or inquire further because there was nothing to do or inquire about. I wasn't doing anything different, except that I did optimize some of my SEO/keywords several months ago (though, I'm not even sure these domains were the ones I optimized). These SEO/keywords fully complied with Sedo's guidelines (i.e. they were not "free sex, nude women" and were relevant to the domain name/category).
Today, I get an account suspension notice from Sedo's "fraud" department:
"Our advertising provider has notified us that a significant portion of the traffic associated with your domains has been deemed spam traffic and is therefore ineligible for Sedos parking program."
Even better, it goes on to state:
"In many cases, our members have purchased domains from sellers who may have promoted those domains in the past, and the new owners are unaware of any prior promotion that may have taken place. This decision does not imply that any action was taken on your part to violate the Terms of Sedos parking service."
WTF? So promoting your parked domains, which Sedo actively encourages you to do and even sends you newsletters about how to promote your parked domains, is now forbidden? I have never actively promoted any domains parked with Sedo (I've been the sole owner of these domains for about four years), but what if I had?? Are they saying that this perfectly legitimate (and encouraged by Sedo) traffic is "spam"?
Saved the best for last:
"To maintain the integrity of click prices and the quality of Sedos parking program, your account was suspended, your domains have been removed from the program, and the accumulated click balance generated by these domains has been forfeited in accordance with our Terms of Use."
So basically, they took the accumulated and unpaid earnings from ALL of my domains, not just the earnings from those particular domains with "suspicious" traffic. Fucking fantastic.
Conclusion: Make money by parking your domains at Sedo.com, just don't actually generate any click-throughs or we'll call it spam, terminate your account, and keep your legitimately generated earnings. HAHA...sucker!
I didn't know what they were talking about. There was an increase in click-throughs on only three or four of my domains, the rest of them have remained stable. The increase was from an average of around 0 ~ 1 per month to 4 ~ 5 per month, and only over a period of about 20 days prior to the notice. IOW, it appears to have been an anomaly. Sometimes, it happens where one of your domains suddenly gets more traffic for a couple weeks for no known or apparent reason, then goes back down.
I didn't do anything about it or inquire further because there was nothing to do or inquire about. I wasn't doing anything different, except that I did optimize some of my SEO/keywords several months ago (though, I'm not even sure these domains were the ones I optimized). These SEO/keywords fully complied with Sedo's guidelines (i.e. they were not "free sex, nude women" and were relevant to the domain name/category).
Today, I get an account suspension notice from Sedo's "fraud" department:
"Our advertising provider has notified us that a significant portion of the traffic associated with your domains has been deemed spam traffic and is therefore ineligible for Sedos parking program."
Even better, it goes on to state:
"In many cases, our members have purchased domains from sellers who may have promoted those domains in the past, and the new owners are unaware of any prior promotion that may have taken place. This decision does not imply that any action was taken on your part to violate the Terms of Sedos parking service."
WTF? So promoting your parked domains, which Sedo actively encourages you to do and even sends you newsletters about how to promote your parked domains, is now forbidden? I have never actively promoted any domains parked with Sedo (I've been the sole owner of these domains for about four years), but what if I had?? Are they saying that this perfectly legitimate (and encouraged by Sedo) traffic is "spam"?
Saved the best for last:
"To maintain the integrity of click prices and the quality of Sedos parking program, your account was suspended, your domains have been removed from the program, and the accumulated click balance generated by these domains has been forfeited in accordance with our Terms of Use."
So basically, they took the accumulated and unpaid earnings from ALL of my domains, not just the earnings from those particular domains with "suspicious" traffic. Fucking fantastic.
Conclusion: Make money by parking your domains at Sedo.com, just don't actually generate any click-throughs or we'll call it spam, terminate your account, and keep your legitimately generated earnings. HAHA...sucker!
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