Adonde vives Corso? Porque en busqueda por ciudad, supongo Ferran y BlogDominios.com son los que impulsan Sevilla y Valencia; y Carlos y Matias impulsando Barcelona. Domisfera no sé donde está. Ahora quienes son los domainers de La Coruña? DominiosIDN.com ||

Cuenca también es una ciudad española, aunque en este caso parece ser que el dominio se fue para Ecuador.

Yo estoy por cerca de Barcelona pero nunca busco la palabra dominios :: el roce hace el dominio ::

Mira esta artículo que enviaba de Antonio en la newsletter de Sedo -sorry que esta en inglés, pero no existe link para postear el link en vez del artículo por ser enviado por email.

Creo que refuerza la idea que te comentaba sobre que a mediano y largo plazo quienes requieren más dominios serán para los end-users en Latinoamerica. De ahí también seguir apostando por .com. En España .com y .es, en Latinoamerica salvo .com.ar o las mejores keywords en CCTLD de Latinoamerica, sigue siendo .com la mejor opción.

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FEATURE ARTICLE
The Internet and the Spanish Revolution

By Antonio Marzo, Director of Spanish and Latin America Markets


This past year, Sedo has seen the importance of the Spanish language in the domain world simply skyrocket. With 420 million Spanish-speakers worldwide, only a measly 80 million of these are online, making just 18% of Spanish-speakers on the web. In comparison to other language groups, Spanish is in third place following English and Chinese.



Currently, one in ten Internet users are Spanish-speaking, however this figure is increasing by leaps and bounds. The number of Spanish-speaking Internet users has grown 231.1 % in the last six years (2000-2006). This growth rate defeats that of English-speaking Internet users at 135.2 % over the same time period. Naturally, this astounding increase also means massive growth of Spanish domain traffic. For example, trabajo.com (work.com) received 18,000 visits in October 2004, while the same domain received 27,000 visitors just last month.


This surge in traffic has been accompanied by a large improvement in the Latin American economy, and most notably from Spain, a country that only 30 years ago freed itself from the clamps of fascist dictatorship. In fact, Spain may be the most under-rated economic success story in recent years. Since the fascist dictatorship, this country of only 45 million people - roughly the size of California – has become the eighth largest economy in the developed world, expanding over 40% in the last decade alone. The economic upswing in Spain and in Latin America, combined with the rising penetration rate of Spanish-speakers on the web, has also encouraged many companies to start advertising in Spanish on the Internet. More competition over Spanish keywords, inevitably leads to higher PPC rates for domain owners. Essentially, the Spanish domain market is still developing and has yet to reach its threshold.


Despite cultural and economic differences between the various Spanish-speaking countries, the .es ccTLD of Spain, España in Spanish, has received a warm welcome. For example, last year the .es ccTLD, driven by liberalized registration requirements and marketing, grew by 400% over one year. The traffic data surrounding this new liberalized TLD are quite impressive; Spaniards are increasingly likely to use their country TLD, but what is more surprising is that the .es is also the reference TLD for people on the other side of the Atlantic. Basically, Hispanics in the US have associated this TLD not only with Spain but also with the Spanish language, identifying the .es as a sign of Spanish content. Consequently, Sedo data shows that between 15-25% of .es portfolio traffic comes from the US and Latin America.


In some Latin American countries, the local TLD is also well developed. For example, Argentina has exceeded one millon .com.ar registrations, surpassing the ccTLDs of the US and Spain among other nations. Although this TLD is already well established, it is still possible to find good deals. For example, porn.com.ar, sold for 1,000 EUR, mobil.com.ar sold for 2,000 EUR, and ringtones.com.ar sold for 1,800 EUR.


Mexico´s own .com.mx TLD is also well established. However unlike Argentina´s impressive registration rate, there are currently only 170,000 registered com.mx domains. Considering that Mexico is one of the most populated countries in the world with more than 105 million inhabitants, and a mere 17% penetration rate, it is certain that this TLD still has major opportunities. Some of Sedo´s latest com.mx sales include:


Game.com.mx: $4,000
Gol.com.mx: $800
Contactos.com.mx: $1,000



Another key Spanish market is the Hispanic population in the US. Today, there are more than 44 million Hispanics living in the US— almost the same population as Spain. This number represents approximately 15% of the entire US population. What is more, this group is growing 4 times more than the average national population. By 2050, the US Census Bureau estimates that 25% of the US population will be considered Hispanic. In the L.A area alone, a whopping 80% of the population between 12 and 19 years old is Hispanic!


As the third most populous country in terms of the number of Spanish-speaking Internet users (exceed only by Spain and Mexico), with an estimated purchase power at around $735 billon, the US market has become crucial and companies are acting fast. Hispanic advertising in the US saw a growth of 20.5% last year which means better results for the PPC industry.


The TLD of choice for this particular social group is the .com, followed by their own country´s ccTLD and as previously mentioned, the .es, as a symbol of the Spanish language on the Internet. This leads us to speculate that perhaps we will see an increase in .us domains with Spanish terms in the future.


Although these ccTLDs have gained influence, and in some countries may even be as popular as the .com, the .com remains king of domains. The biggest Spanish domain sale in Sedo history was viajes.com for $300,000 in 2004. That same year, the biggest sale among all TLDs was juegos.com (games.com) for $1 million. This domain was re-sold last week to a gambling company; however the price has not yet been reported but is estimated to be between 10 or 15 times the 2004 purchase price. In other words, juegos.com will be one of the top five biggest sales ever. ¡Ole!


In response to the ever-increasing Spanish-speaking market in the US and in Latin America, I have moved from our Cologne, Germany office to our office in Boston to build a Sedo team to better serve these markets. If you would like more information, and/or would like Spanish language assistance, my team and I are at your disposal. Please feel free to contact me at antonio at sedo.com.DominiosIDN.com ||

De hecho, con Antonio nunca he intercambiado emails pero si con Lucas, y casi 100% seguro que Antonio también es español. Aunque según comentó Lucas está ahora en Sedo Boston. Además ese artículo le miro un poco impulsando .es de manera equivocada con respecto a type-in, porque realmente yo no creo como comentaba en Domisfera.com que los internautas en Latinoamerica reconozcan tanto .es para que además de hacer type-in en .com y en los CCTLD de sus países, además se espere que hagan tanto type-in en .es. El .es debe impulsarse como keyword en español que puedes desarrollar para toda Hispanoamerica pero el type-in fuerte de .es siempre será de España.

Con respecto a .com.ar creo que realmente afecta si regalas los dominios. Espero que liberen en segundo nivel - dominio.ar - en unos años que nunca he mirado bien los de tercer nivel -dominio.com.ar-, pero bueno en Latinoamerica es la norma y no la excepción los de tercer nivel -entre pocas excepciones por ej. Chile .cl-; los grandes mercados son de tercer nivel .com.mx, .com.ar, etc....DominiosIDN.com ||

El punto es tener paciencia, si quieres mira el español como si estamos en 1998 con inglés, una venta por aquí, otra por alla...pero sabes que habrá mercado.

Ahora la comparación filológica no viene. Recuerda que la mayoría de lenguas comparten raíces, en español las raíces del latin, griego, arabe, etc. Domínio es portugues, dominio es español, dominio es italiano, (nom de) domaine es francés, domein es holandés, domain es inglés, alemán, - y si quieres japonés porque ???? es la transliterización de palabra domain al katakana -japonés-.

Ni que decir entonces los dominios en alemán comparado al inglés serían puros typos si pensaramos así

Kamera camera
garten garden
Kontakt contact
sohn son
musik music
artikel article
etc..... sin contar las miles de palabras que son iguales sport, software, computer, video...

Cierto que inglés es fuerte, pero tampoco así DominiosIDN.com ||

Cierto dominero, al final muchas palabras comparten un mismo origen en la mayoría de lenguas. Alguno diría que todas están en realidad relacionadas... El caso es que no creo que se pueda destacar la venta de, por ejemplo, local.com como venta en español. Y más si la web que se hace luego está en inglés.

Si el mercado en español está empezando, no hay nada de malo en mostrar cifras más modestas. Todo es negocio igual.:: el roce hace el dominio ::