Search feeds · also called AFD, Google parked domains programme
AdSense for Domains (AFD)
AdSense for Domains was Google's programme for showing search ads on parked domains; Google removed parked domains as an ad surface on 10 February 2026.
AdSense for Domains, or AFD, was the Google product that funded most of the domain parking industry for many years. A domain with no real website would show a page of keyword links and Google search ads, and the owner, usually through a parking company, received a share of each ad click.
AFD was wound down in stages. In September 2024 Google stopped automatically including new Google Ads accounts on parked domains. In early 2025 it announced that existing advertisers would also be opted out by default, leaving ads on parked domains only for those who chose to opt back in. Trade press reported that parking revenue fell steeply through 2025. Then Google stated that parked domains would cease to be an ad surface in the search partner network from 10 February 2026, and the opt-in setting disappeared.
The consequences ran wide. Domain industry reporting describes large job cuts and businesses put up for sale. Domain owners have moved toward Related Search on Content on developed pages, the yahoo feed, or zero-click parking, which security researchers link to much higher rates of scams and malware.
Think of it like this
AFD was like a sponsor paying for billboards on empty plots across a city. When the sponsor stopped paying, the plots were still there but the income was gone.
Related terms
Domain parking
Domain parking is earning money from a domain name that has no real website by showing ads to, or redirecting, the people who visit it.
Parked domain
A parked domain is a registered web address with no developed website, typically showing a placeholder page of ads or links.
Advertiser opt-out (search partners / parked domains)
Advertiser opt-out is an advertiser's ability to stop its search ads appearing on partner sites, and in 2025 to 2026 on parked domains, outside the search engine itself.
Zero-click parking
Zero-click parking is monetising a domain by instantly redirecting each visitor to a paying advertiser's site, with no page shown and no click required.
AdSense for Search (AFS)
AdSense for Search is Google's programme that lets approved publishers show Google search and shopping ads on their own search results pages and share the revenue.
Related Search on Content (RSOC)
Related Search on Content is a Google AdSense for Search feature that shows search suggestions on an article, each leading to an ad-carrying results page on the same site.
Sources: Google Ads Help: Search partners network (SPN) announcements, Google Ads Help: Parked domain site, Domain Name Wire: 2025 in review, the death of AdSense for Domains, PPC Land: Google removes parked domain ads from the Search Partner Network