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Frobes?! Typo in headline :-(

Thank you Daniel, the error has been fixed.

Ostrofsky says:

MO: There are three ways people get to Google and Google makes money. You go to Google directly, you go to a link that connects you to Google, or you go to a domain name that connects you to Google. All three are part of the Google ecosystem of making money.

He claims Google makes money.  That's unquestionable.  The question is about how much they make and from what areas.  Someone (or some bot, let's be honest) clicking on an ad on a BS parked page and redirecting to an advertisers site isn't going to keep paying CPC if the advertisers doesn't see the acquisition.

As online markets move to a CPA model from a CPC (or for the few left, CPM) model my guess is that most parked domain sites will totally disappear.  For the ones left, they'll flourish.  It is true that an airline ticket ad, paying on a CPA model can pay a ton.  It the rudimentary level it's the same model as kayak.com—the acquisition of new customers (who complete a sale). 

And for those who think the above is contradictory, let me explain:  I don't have a problem with all parked domains—some serve a purpose, some are temporary, etc.  I have a problem with the ones that I used to see doing all kinds of weird HTTP redirect tricks on EveryDNS that when I would occasionally terminate them for abuse would create all kinds of odd ad and botnet related traffic on my network…

-David Ulevitch