$7,500 was awarded for first place to Thueringen.info (a travel site serving Germany). Second place, with a prize of $5,000, was awarded to GPS-Tour.info (a website where individuals can share and download outdoor GPS tours). In third place was Turkel.info, a travel & tourism marketing site, taking $3,000 for their efforts.

There are currently 5,428,453 .info domain names registered around the world. Fully developed sites and services are being launched on a daily basis due to the gradual adoption and popularity of the .info web space.

For those of you who are interested in the .info domain name, check out Spain.info. It’s a beautifully designed website & portal for the country of Spain that exemplifies the logic behind the .info domain name extension.

Spain.info

The site is rich with colorful video, panoramic photos, interactive maps, deep content for avid readers, and all of the functionality needed to plan a memorable, once-in-a-lifetime trip.

It would appear that Spain.info draws considerable visitor traffic. The site enjoys a near top position in Google, Yahoo, and MSN search engines. A Google page rank of “7″ and 76,537 incoming Yahoo links are more than enough evidence to conclude Spain.info is providing travelers with what they need. More stats indicate that the website drew between 40,000 and 100,000 site visitors per month over the course of 2008. Impressive.

Spain.info’s designers have adapted the site for four major languages: Spanish, English, German, and French. Some of the interactive multimedia functions, which really shine, require the installation of Quicktime (if not already resident on your computer). The install is free and effortless if you’re interested.

Afilias.info is the registry that manages the .info (information) domain extension. Additional, high-quality .info geodomain websites that may interest travelers are …

• Germany.info
• Austria.info
• Peru.info
• Dublin.info
• Berlin.info
• Rome.info