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| | employees = | | | employees = |
| | revenue = | | | revenue = |
− | | website = http://www.dominios.es/dominios/ | + | | website = https://www.dominios.es/en |
− | | blog = | + | | blog =https://www.dominios.es/es/informacion-de-interes/noticias |
− | | facebook = | + | | facebook =http://www.facebook.com/dominios.es |
| | linkedin = | | | linkedin = |
− | | twitter = | + | | twitter =http://www.twitter.com/dominiospuntoes |
| | keypeople = | | | keypeople = |
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− | '''RED.ES''' is the registry for Spain's [[ccTLD]], .es. The governmental organization was created in 2000 to transfer responsibilities from the private sector to the government.<ref name="centr">[https://centr.org/member/redes RED.ES], CENTR.org</ref> | + | '''RED.ES''' is the registry for Spain's [[ccTLD]], .es. The governmental organization, which is under jurisdiction of the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, was created in 2000 to transfer responsibilities from the private sector to the government.<ref name="centr">[https://centr.org/member/redes RED.ES], CENTR.org. Updated 2015 July 29.</ref> |
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− | ==History== | + | Although RED.ES manages .es domains, actual registrations are sold and purchased through accredited registrars (end users still have the possibility to manage their domains directly through RED.ES, but at a slightly higher cost: 33,38€/year)<ref>[https://www.dominios.es/en/registra-un-dominio/cuanto-registrarlo How to register a .es domain name], RED.ES</ref>, of which there were 107 in 2023.<ref name="es">[https://www.dominios.es/sites/dominios/files/2023-11/DOM_ARs_Oct_23_ES.pdf Number of active domains & registrars], RED.ES </ref> |
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| + | ==Usage== |
| + | .es domains are the suffix of choice for domains registered in Spain. As of 2013, .es held almost half the market share at 48.83%, with [[.com]] trailing at 36.31% and [[.net]] at 4.81%.<ref name="es"></ref> |
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| + | Most .es registrations are held in the Spanish regions of Madrid, Catalonia, Andalusia, and Valencia, in descending order of registration percentages. Madrid leads by Catalonia by over 10%, with 25.79% of all .es registrations.<ref name="es"></ref> |
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| + | ==.es History== |
| A timeline for the development of .es and its governing organizations are as follows:<ref name="centr"></ref> | | A timeline for the development of .es and its governing organizations are as follows:<ref name="centr"></ref> |
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| * '''2008''': 1 million .es names are registered in July. | | * '''2008''': 1 million .es names are registered in July. |
| * '''2012''': After liberalizations of .es registrations, growth was quick for the ccTLD, which went from 85,000 registrations in 2004 to 1,550,000 in July 2012. | | * '''2012''': After liberalizations of .es registrations, growth was quick for the ccTLD, which went from 85,000 registrations in 2004 to 1,550,000 in July 2012. |
| + | * '''2022:''' 2 million .es names are registered |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |