Expired domain
As Expired Domains (German: freed domain or released domain ) or expireds are domains referred, which are short-term deleted in the respective registrar or have already been deleted.
purpose
Expired domains are particularly popular because of their historical values:
- Existing links from other websites (so-called backlinks , important for link building )
- existing positions in the search results pages of search engines
- existing ratings (e.g. Google PageRank , SISTRIX Visibility Index, Alexa Ranking, etc.)
- special search terms within the domain name (e.g. for generic domains )
- possible alternative spellings within the domain name for existing projects
- existing mention in traditional media, such as B. books, journals
By re-registering expired domains , independent Internet projects can be implemented or the findability of existing projects in the search engines can be increased. Many interested parties have domains with particularly popular keywords observed and register them when they become available in order to use the domains as additional search terms.
If there is no intended use for the newly registered expired domains or if there is no content, the domain owner can earn money through advertisements as part of the domain parking .
A particular advantage arises in the context of search engine optimization when registering new .de domains, as the market-leading search engine Google itself is not a DENIC member and therefore has no insight into the owner data of domains or is even informed about deletions - in contrast to, for example .com domains. With a skilful approach by the new owner, Google can hardly, or only to a small extent, understand that it is a newly registered expired domain at all.
In addition, expired domains represent an interesting source of income in domain trading .
method
Specialized service providers - so-called expired domain services - offer databases with domains that are becoming available, in which the corresponding domains can be researched by setting individual filter criteria. In principle, experienced providers can use specific empirical values and certain algorithms to determine whether and when a domain may be deleted at a certain point in time.
Since the time factor naturally plays a very important role in the registration of expired domains, a few service providers - in the case of .de domains - offer direct domain registration via DENIC members in order to accelerate the registration process and increase the chances of registration for interested parties. Occasionally, simultaneous registration is offered by several DENIC members in order to prevent overloads or system failures.
Some service providers offer the immediate registration of interesting domains that have become vacant. This can also be done automatically or semi-automatically. The automatic registration of domains that become available is called backorder .
For some top-level domains there is no publicly searchable information about the respective deletion status, and the deletion is carried out without specific deadlines. In addition, the information in the WHOIS entries for .de domains is not up-to-date, but is issued by the DENIC registry with a delay of several minutes. In addition, DENIC does not publish a list of all registered .de domains in the form of a zone file . Therefore, checking .de domains that become available is only possible with a very high technical effort.
By using several technical recognition methods in parallel in a very short time, applied to the largest possible list of domains, four-digit numbers of .de domains that are becoming available can usually be determined per day. The number of monitored .de domains compared to the total number of all currently registered .de domains, which is currently over 16 million, should serve as a benchmark (and when comparing service providers). The faster the detection takes place, the more different technical processes are used and the larger the scope of the domain list used, the higher the chances of obtaining information about a .de domain that is becoming available and subsequent registration as quickly as possible.
Because of this great effort, there are only a few providers who record vacated .de domains, list them for interested parties in real time and register them automatically.
Legal situation
There are points of contact with the legal system, on the one hand, with regard to the trademark and copyright of the previous domain owner, and, on the other hand, around the expiry of a domain and the possibly remaining rights to the domain.
copyright
When a domain is resuscitated, the former content (texts, graphics, videos, etc.) may only be used if the former domain owner agrees. The contents of the domain are the property of the author ( copyright law ).
Dispute entry
If someone thinks they are entitled to a domain that currently belongs to someone else, a dispute entry can be made for .de domains. In order to apply, certain documents must be submitted to DENIC. Once the application has been accepted by DENIC, the dispute will be entered. Subsequently, the current domain owner cannot transfer the domain to a third party; after the domain expires, it automatically falls to the claimant of the dispute entry.
Expired Domain Deletion Policy
This represents a consensus of ICANN on the expiry of non-renewed domains. There are clear regulations for this, which can be further regulated by a central registration office.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Membership list DENIC website
- ↑ Domain counter DENIC website
- ↑ Dispute entry ( memento from January 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) DENIC website