<s>
.es	B-General_Concept
(	O
españa	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
country	B-Application
code	I-Application
top-level	I-Application
domain	I-Application
(	O
ccTLD	B-Application
)	O
for	O
Spain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Second-level	O
registrations	O
have	O
had	O
some	O
limitations	O
including	O
requiring	O
registrants	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
connection	O
with	O
Spain	O
,	O
but	O
these	O
restrictions	O
were	O
lifted	O
in	O
a	O
multi-stage	O
process	O
completed	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2005	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
point	O
registrations	O
at	O
the	O
second	O
level	O
of	O
.es	B-General_Concept
were	O
open	O
to	O
anybody	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
.es	B-General_Concept
domain	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
conventional	O
WHOIS	B-Protocol
server	I-Protocol
operating	O
on	O
port	O
43	O
,	O
but	O
WHOIS	B-Protocol
queries	O
can	O
be	O
made	O
using	O
a	O
page	O
on	O
ESNIC	O
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
the	O
liberalization	O
in	O
November	O
2005	O
,	O
registering	O
in	O
.es	B-General_Concept
was	O
expensive	O
and	O
encumbered	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
ccTLDs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
alternative	O
many	O
Spanish	O
organizations	O
registered	O
under	O
.com	O
,	O
.org	O
or	O
.net	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
very	O
popular	O
in	O
Spain	O
for	O
its	O
intended	O
use	O
,	O
.es	B-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
used	O
for	O
domain	B-Application
hacks	I-Application
such	O
as	O
geociti.es,	O
a	O
website	O
mirroring	O
Geocities	O
;	O
adspac.es,	O
a	O
mobile-based	O
advertising	O
firm	O
;	O
thelettervsixtim.es,	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
VVVVVV	B-Application
;	O
and	O
iTun.es	O
for	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
Ping	I-Operating_System
URL	O
shortening	O
.	O
</s>
