If you own some "unused" web domains that still get some traffic because that domain is listed in an online web directory or printed on your old business card, here’s an opportunity to monetize those visitors without having to show them messages like "Domain under construction" or 404 errors.
Google has just extended the "AdSense for Domains" program to International AdSense publishers and the program now supports non-English languages as well.
The program initially launched in December but was available only to publishers located in North America with English-language accounts.
To get started, login to your Google AdSense account and click the "AdSense for Domains" link under the AdSense Reports tab. Here are detailed instructions on how to set up your vacant domain for AdSense ads. It requires you create a new CNAME record which have a value pub-123.afd.ghs.google.com. where pub-123 is your AdSense publisher ID.
The AdSense for Domains program will also appeal to users who have purchased web domains only for the purpose of Google Apps and have no plans of creating / hosting a public website. In that case you may have Gmail, Google Calendar, etc. in sub-domains (mail.xxx.com or calendar.xxx.com) while you may use the main domain (www.xxx.com) for AdSense ads.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/adsense-for-parked-domains-international/7386/
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Reader Comments
I am very happy with this..wrote about it on my blog yesterday night.
Very helpful for people with domain flipping business. They can cash in some money even when don’t sell the domains or until they sell the domain
Cheers :)
Written by SATISH — Technotip.org on 02.17.09
Google offers AdSense for parked domains, but, our AdSense application for Bandhan.com – matrimony search engine link – is rejected with the reason that our site is still under construction.
Sorry, if this comes across as whining, but something is obviously broken in this whole process.
Written by Shashi on 02.18.09
It’s written in Adsense’s TOS that the ads should be placed on the page that contains meaningful and original content. How it could be possible?
Written by Mohit T on 02.18.09
I have many questions right now! I hope if any one could help!
Do these parked domains will generate equal revenue than those of developed domains?
And if they will, then why one would work hard to develop a single website and keep it running for years & years to generate equal revenue than buying thousands of generic keywords domains?
Will the generated revenue sharing between publishers and other domain parking companies be cut down?
Written by Atin Gupta on 02.18.09
For setting Adsense for Domain you needs hundred of domains?
Written by KingofSwing on 02.18.09
I have a doubt.Amit can you please clear it.
Adsense for domains states that-
“Please be aware that you can only use a domain with one Google service at a time and we remove domains used in AdSense for domains from Google Apps. Make sure that you do not want to use your domain for other purposes before adding it.”
You have written in last paragraph of this post that adsense for domains could be used along with other Google apps services.
Please can you find time to answer my question since i’m having a personal site which i use only for Google Apps email service and i wish to add that site to adsense for domains,but now I fear that they would remove my email service from google apps after adding it to adsense for domains.
Ref: link
Thanks
renjith
Written by renjith on 02.18.09
Atin,
I think AdSense for Domains might be more suitable if there is already existing traffic to the website. It could be a website you decided to shutdown, or a website that you just purchased but have not done up its contents. Either way, it will be interesting to see if ads appearing on AdSense for Domains will differ any differently from our usual Google Ads.
Written by Linus on 02.18.09
Thanks Amit for letting us know. I got to know about this on your feed before I logged on to my adsense account. Thats the advantage of subscribing to your feeds. I am happy that they have made it available for international publishers. Thanks again, I am very eager to try it out.
Written by Jayesh on 02.19.09
@Atin Gupta, Parked domains won’t generate more income. Its just to monetize a domain, instead of leaving it undeveloped and upmonetized!
One thing is sure, we can’t make a living out of the money we get from monetizing these undeveloped domains.
I have written about income % on my blog, with adsense for domain. You may find it helpful. And I would be willing to hear your feedback, if any.
Written by SATISH — Technotip.org on 02.20.09
@ Linus & @ Satish
I still didn’t got the CPC comparison between a developed domain or a undeveloped one?
This seems just like an another way to generate more revenue in this hard economy time, as the Adwords advertier will not be able to define a particular site which made click to his or her product.
Google reserves the sole right to close any of it’s service at any time they want.
So if a investor is going to play a long race, this wouldn’t be profitable and the program will then be discontinued eventually.
Written by Atin Gupta on 02.20.09
Now that adsense earnings have fallen down, it could be a little help to increase in some bucks the poor adsense earnings.
Written by marketing network on 02.20.09