A thief of domains is sentenced to 5 years in prison

Daniel goncalves, a thief of domains of 26 years It has been sentenced to five years in prison in New Jersey. A few weeks ago was offered the news of the first case of conviction because of several robberies of domains. Also beat the offender fined thousands of dollars.

It all started in August 2009 when the thief of domains decided to become the P2P.com domain and some other company Marc ostrofsky. The affected decided to carry out a research to arrive at the culprit since they had adequate resources. Also Albert Angel, one of the heads of Marc ostrofsky, had been previously lawyer and Prosecutor of the Department of Justice of the United States.

These people began to gather data to find out who was the criminal who had stolen them. However, justice not offered any help to catch the criminal. In an interview Albert was quite outraged showed saying that people that they steal the Hubcaps from cars have more resources than those affected by thefts of domains. Despite this, Albert continued researching so that his case would serve as a example for all those affected by cyber theft.

Meanwhile, the thief who had stolen domains decided to get rid of them.  So he came to ebay in search of some interested buyer. There he managed to sell the domain P2P.com for the sum of $111,000. At this time the criminal was believed that he was safe from the police, however, a few days later he was tried and condemned to be the first domain thief who's going to jail in a case of theft of domains.

As you can see, little by little the justice will adapt to new cyber crimes and may one day be just of convicts as those that occur in the streets. Meanwhile we can only take example Albert and demand that our rights on the Internet defend.

Source: http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20101214.htm

Evolution of the domains .es the history

The .es domains have growth very fast throughout his short life. Since that in 1989 the RedIRIS company created the idea of developing a domain customized for Spanish websites, there are already approximately 1 million domains ". is" engaged in Spain. Currently, the company responsible for the registration and regulation of domains ". is" is Red.es.

The fame that they have acquired the domain ". is" allowed also to create some others from them (. com.es,. org.es,. gov.es, etc.) released in the year 2003. Its intention is to get more descriptive domains for Spanish websites.

Another important step was the addition of new characters available in these domains. In 2007 were introduced some related to characters in the various dialects of Spain (Catalan, Basque, Galician, etc.).

In recent years changes have been directed to the improvement of the management and registration service. Some points that are taken into account are the following:

-Increased security and robustness of infrastructure.

-We have tried to increase the use of the domain ". is" to leave them at the level of the ".com",". net", ".org", etc.

-The quality of service offering improvements such as the use of electronic documents for their recruitment has been increased.

By the time the intentions of improvement have had quite satisfactory results already in Spain, the domains ". is" have already been made with the majority of web pages. 47% Of websites use a domain ". is" in Spain 40% using ".com".

As you can see the evolution of the domain ". is" it has been very fast and if this continues at this rate, soon will become the domain of type ccTLD busiest in the world. However, it will be quite difficult to reach the same level as the ".com" domains.

We conclude by saying that this remarkable increase in domains ". is" in recent years allows us to give us that today is one of the most important when making an investment.

Study of market 3rd quarter 2010

A few weeks ago Sedo.com published an analysis of market which analyzed the latest changes in the secondary market during the 3rd quarter of 2010. It is displayed a slight decrease in the number of domains sold because of the months of vacation and a small rise in the prices of each domain (6%). The quarter ended with 10.085 sold domains.

In addition to a general analysis was carried out a more specific analysis of various characteristics of the domains.

Between top-level domains, which have gained more importance, as are custom, .com domains which have been a 74% of sales. They are followed by the domain .net with 11% and the .org with 8%.

Geographical domains have proven no major changes compared to the previous quarter. The German domains are still counting with the highest percentage of sales, followed by the United Kingdom and the Europeans. The Spanish domains will slowly ascending currently with 4% of sales.

From 2009 profits have soared quarter to quarter. If the 2 quarter of 2009 were 10.912.000 euros, currently are obtained every month more than 16.000.000 euros per quarter. In the last quarter has been a drop of about 500,000 because of the summer holidays.

The most effective methods of sale during the last quarter were also studied. The most important was undoubtedly that of oferta-contraoferta in which the seller receives offers from buyers and decides to accept them or not. This is followed by the method of price fixing (which is a value to the domain that does not vary) and the auction. The most notable change was a 28% rise in domains sold through fixed price.

In general most endings have raised his price except the .net (- 1%), .es (- 32%) and. co.uk (- 23%).

The highest sale made this quarter has been the jerusalem.com domain by $510,000 followed by lottery.net in the amount of $220,000.

On the other hand, the categories they have acquired more importance in sale of domains were the Software and the cities and countries.

Source: https://sedo.com/fileadmin/documents/pressdownload/Q2_MarketStudy_2010_ES.pdf

Punta del Este is consolidated in the global calendar of the domains

The main protagonists of investments in domains and the Internet have chosen date official of its calendar the meeting of domainers and marketing in Punta del Este, which will take place from the 23 to 25 February this year.

Thanks to the value obtained as the cradle of big business, business alliances, valuable exchanges of information and narrowed ties, the domains of Punta del Este Conference is a "must-do" for any domainer who is or would like to be at the level of benefits. There will be the presence of major figures from the world of domains such as Joaquín almandoz (Elnono.com), Diego nodar (Webmainer.com), matias botbol (Taringa.net), Juan Pablo sueiro (SocialSnack.com), etc.

Investments in domains require a constant update, when you purchase, register domains in new extensions or search for premium domain we need to know what the full range of the market. Which lived knows that the best way to do it in person.

It is true that a domainer not only cares about the value of sale that have a domain but how to do so profitable and so is that we share our space with online advertising. In this way affiliate systems, parking programs and teleworkers in search of opportunities also come together at the event.

To make everything possible we will need the facilities of the Jean Clevers Park Hotel , Jamaica Hotel , a Pub for every night in the port of Punta del Este, yachts for touring the various islands of the peninsula and the best gourmet service exclusively. The facilities which will be held the Congress will offer approximately 200 booths where you can collect information about any detail that you are interested.

Travel to Punta del Este is a luxury and mix it with domains a pleasure that is given only once per year.

It is time that each company will strengthen your business online with the best domain and you can achieve your goals of SEM and SEO without drawbacks.

Sponsored by: Sedo.com, Registrar.com.uy

Support: Hotel-Jamaica Punta del Este, computer culture Foundation

For information about the event visit: http://punta2011.demene.com

Books related to the domains (I)

The books have always been a fundamental basis stop learning of any type of knowledge. Today we bring you some books that will help you in your studies related to the domain. Most of the books are only in English because that is the language used in all technical manuals.

This book focuses on the first knowledge that must be purchased to start in the world of domains so it is totally essential for beginners. His reading is quite simple and focuses little on the technical content.

Authors: Greatdomains.com / Wells / Newman.

Link to purchase: http://www.amazon.com/Domain-Names-Dummies-Susan-Wels/dp/0764553178

Book that touches the more technical side of the domains (history, configuration of networks, laws, etc). It contains quite a few examples explained in a very thorough way. Recommended for people who are concerned about what is behind the domain.

Authors: Ellen and Peter Rony.

Link to purchase: http://www.amazon.com/Domain-Handbook-Stakes-Strategies-Cyberspace/dp/0879305150

Absolutely essential book for those who work or concern them the judicial laws of domains. It's an interesting book for consultations on certain occasions. It is a kind of Bible where are lots of data on trials and work related to the domain.

Authors: Torsten Bettinger

Link to purchase: http://www.amazon.com/Domain-Name-Law-Practice-International/dp/0199278253

As its name suggests, it is a manual that will help us to choose correctly the domain name of our website. Full of advice and recommendations, could be aimed at those people who are thinking of acquiring their first domains and not known in that rely to do so.

Authors: Elias and Gima

Link to purchase: http://www.amazon.com/Domain-Names-Choose-Protect-Website/dp/0873376471

Books related to the domains (II)

Today we bring you part two of the books article related domains. This time we offer you a very useful manual that you can bring to any site in a flash drive and two other books devoted to expert users.

Book full of information available to everyone because it is totally free. It is quite useful as it is all the issues relating to the purchase of domains in 50 pages. Thanks to its short length, it allows us to get a general idea of the world of domains in a short time.

Authors: Steve Baba

Link: http://www.seemly.com/book.pdf

The main theme of this work is the branding on the Internet. It takes many aspects related to the importance of brands in the network and its influence on the domains. Without a doubt, is an essential book for people skilled in this field.

Authors: Deirdre Breakenridge

Link: http://www.amazon.com/Cyberbranding-Brand-Building-Digital-Economy/dp/0130897108

One of the few books on domains that exist in Spanish. It analyses the relationship between trademark law and the law of electronic commerce in Spain. This work is dedicated, like the above, experts in domains.

Authors: Isabel Ramos Herranz

Link to purchase: http://www.casadellibro.com/libro-marcas-versus-nombres-de-dominio-en-internet/988953/2900001012102

How, when and where to buy domains?

In recent years the war on Internet domains market has intensified much. In the past year have been spent $ 77 million according to a study by Sedo.com in the buying and selling of domain. Available in the secondary market domains grow every year (about 15 million domains for sale at Sedo.com currently) making him the priority market of the future.

The great importance it has acquired the secondary market leads to the experts to adopt some strategies when it comes to their domains. Here you have some thoughts that will help you when purchasing your domain.

Is it profitable buying and selling domain names?

Get a good domain to express in one word what is on our website each time is more difficult if we went to the primary market. Growth of domains bought last year is 30% more than the previous year. This rapid growth is that we have to go to the market for the sale to acquire descriptive domains.

Does the value of the domains increases automatically over time?

Many people now play with the secondary market for domains. The unavailability of descriptive domains in the primary market takes it to rise its value in the secondary. Thus, if we get a good domain on the primary market and so we maintain a time in our hands, we will achieve that its value should be increased.

What should we look for in the domain?

Taking a domain on the range of possibilities that we have to choose the name they are endless. We can focus on that represent our website, it is short, have few words, either descriptive, etc. However, the most important when choosing what usually searches in search engines. A good method of choice would be thinking of a general category that fit with our website and search for words that we would use to search for her.

What else should take into account the buyers of domains?

It is also important to decide the extent of our domain correctly. Addition to the price varies from a few types of names to others, choose a descriptive name will help future users to find us.

How much money typically cost domains?

Firstly, the average price of a domain in the secondary market tends to be about 2000 dollars. However, there are domains that have been coming to cost millions of dollars because of its relevance to the search engines. An example is vodka.com which was acquired for $ 3 million.

Secondly, the price of a domain on the primary market tends to be about $ 10 a year. This low cost for profitable investment in domains because, in the event that we find a descriptive domain name free, we can sell for far more money over time.

Why are domainers empty or without content websites?

Some domainers when they buy a domain with intention of selling it in a future filled their advertising web sites. The aim of this is to generate some income to maintain the web while the price of your domain increases value. There are domains that have as much relevance that allow owners generate large sums of money with advertising only.

How much traffic do I need to earn a lot of money with a domain?

Everything depends on the type of site that you want to develop. On the one hand there are web based on the advertising of their pages and often need a broad traffic to generate income. On the other hand, there are web which derive income from the sale of objects and need not so much traffic as in the previous case.

The best way to generate traffic is studying our visitors (country of origin, tastes, hobbies, most visited contents, etc.) and provide them contending adapted to them. For example, if visitors are English, we could focus our content to them.

What they have in mind the buyers of the secondary market?

Buyers usually are quite focus on the traffic that is that domain. However, there are more features that are very important:

-True owner: investigating if the owner of the domain is real or if any false information.

-Change of owner: studying how many times has changed the domain of hands (Archive.org).

-Use of the domain: it is important to investigate whether the domain has been used for illegal purposes on occasion.

Things to do with a domain after you buy it?

When purchasing a domain the objective usually develop it to generate more income than those provided at the time of your purchase. For this we need to define well the identity of our site and try to always this updated with content. Some people buy domains related to sport and fill the web with pictures of related sports.

How are the domains prices increased?

You can not know the exact increase which will be taking the site over time. However, if her we have a few years with current content and calling attention to the people, for sure that we will obtain benefits.

Source: http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/jul2009/sb20090717_925271.htm

Forecast for 2011

The beginning of a new year tends to be accompanied by a large number of changes in many fields. If 2010 was, despite the economic crisis, a great year for the market of domains (on the side), surely the 2011 will bring get big improvements.

Firstly, the possibility of incorporating multiple domains to the market as for example the .xxx dedicated to porn site at the end of 2010 is already announced. It is quite possible that during this new year ahead some of them are adopted and thus expand the primary market of domains.

In addition, the year 2010 has been the year of the secondary market. It has grown very quickly and the parking of domains is more usual. Investors have seen the secondary market as a very good place to invest and have begun to invest in domains to keep them in parking. During 2011 surely this practice will continue although the secondary market to be affected by the addition of new domains.

Also take into account the crisis. During 2010 has been affecting investors severely reducing their ability to buy new domains that move the market. 2011 Surely with the reduction of the crisis appears greater movement of domains on the market. However, not will be a full movement that economic problems will not cease completely.

From the point of view of important domains, .com, as well as in 2010, will continue to be the King of all. With regard to the ccTLD, the .es domain will continue to win followers during 2011 and it is possible that one day will become the first choice of all. Therefore it could be a good investment for 2011.

Finally, it is believed that the domains of two words will be quite successful during 2011 because that little by little the domains are running with a single word in the primary market.

As you can see, 2011 will be a year full of changes that we hope to be good both for investors and users.

Facebook paid a million dollar sum by the fb.com domain

People often wonder, how you get to getting a domain that initially has a small value worth millions of dollars?.

A few days ago we knew the official news that Facebook had invested a large sum of money in the purchase of the domain name fb.com agricultural group of United States called farm bureau. This domain has as destination contain new messaging service that Facebook intends to offer soon.

December 15, the founder of Facebook, Mark zuckerberg, expressed his interest in the domain name to the agricultural group but without establishing still a money supply. In the agreement Facebook clear that the only requirement so that they will buy the domain name was that Agrícola continue working. This requirement allowed Facebook that the purchased domain does not remain in oblivion. So, to continue to exist the company farm bureau, many users accederían to your old domain finding new services of Facebook.

After the annual meeting of the agricultural enterprise in Atlanta, on Tuesday decided to accept the offer after the appraisal, stood at $ 8.5 million. However, the name of the buyer was not provided. In addition the company farm bureau continues to work on the domain fb.org.

As you can see the key to get the value of a domain to multiply is the fame that gets it. This success is achieved with time and hard work that no doubt will give fruit in the future.

Source: http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2011/01/11/farm-bureau-finds-wealthy-friend-in-facebook/

The bicentenario.uy domain is the first domain .uy running on the Internet!

The Agency to disseminate news and events via the Web on the commemoration of the bicentennial of the Eastern Republic of the Uruguay have negotiated with the regulators of the domain names so that it takes the use of the domain bicentenario.uybefore any public release of the extension of first level. uy.

Despite continuing speculation by domainers and ill-informed friends, .uy domains have not released in 2010, or since the beginning of 2011.

It is this a pilot test?, do will be waiting to Argentina of this step and learn from their experience?.

There is no doubt that Uruguay does not have a crisis in terms of available domain names, that speculation by investors in domains makes it difficult to its high rate of registration and renewal as is the case in other markets (Argentina)(, Mexico, Spain) and the action brought by Web entrepreneurs is even far enough as to achieve a saturation.

Registrar.com.uy