Crowdsourced Greek billboard goes live in New York City’s Times Square

Posted by DomainGang on March 23, 2012, at 3:42 pm

The collectively financed billboard to promote Greek tourism went live today in New York City’s Times Square, between the 46th and 47th Street. Created by Up Greek Tourism, a non-government initiative that promotes Greece as a tourism destination of choice, the billboard was funded by “crowdsourcing” its cost among 333 individuals. The animated billboard campaign […]

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Up Greek Tourism: Leonidas and the 333 Greeks battle the economy

Posted by DomainGang on March 6, 2012, at 2:23 pm

The Greek economy reached its lowest point this February, after the epic bubble that Goldman Sachs and other Manhattan-based banks assisted in creating, burst. While the average John Greek has nothing to do with the massive debt piled on them by the banksters and the corrupt Greek government officials, the Greek tourism industry is preparing […]

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Greek .GR Registry reduces red tape but GR.com is a smart alternative

Posted by DomainGang on March 3, 2012, at 12:03 am

During the past few months, things seem to have improved considerably with domain registrations for .GR – the Greek ccTLD. While it used to take up to 30 days to manually approve the application for a .GR domain registration, the processing time has been reduced to five calendar days. Since 1993, the .GR Registry, operated […]

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Oliveshop.com and entrepreneurship in Greece: Give stool sample please!

Posted by DomainGang on February 25, 2012, at 12:19 pm

The story of an online entrepreneur in Greece comes as a shock to many. Greece is unique in its stubbornness to shed old methods of bureaucracy, initiated in the 19th century. Giving stool samples and asking the founders of a company to provide chest x-rays sounds like a remnant from an era when tuberculosis was […]

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Johnnie Walker campaign for Greece goes viral – Oversee grabs the .com

Posted by DomainGang on February 17, 2012, at 3:04 pm

A new campaign from Johnnie Walker whiskey refers to the Greek spirit in today’s tight economy. The video, titled “Keep Walking Greece“, features men and women interacting at various locations in Greece. Utilizing on the famous song “You’ll never walk alone” which motivates people to “keep walking” during difficult times, it’s centered on Greeks and […]

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Gracias amigos! 42195.es references DomainGang

Posted by DomainGang on January 14, 2012, at 4:22 pm

Back in November we wrote about how the web site 42195.es is listed as the topmost result when searching for “42195” in Google. There are 42195 meters in a marathon race and the Spanish web site for marathoners occupies the much sought after #1 spot in Google for that keyword. Apparently, the operators of the […]

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Greek restaurant owner fights GoDaddy and the OPA bill

Posted by DomainGang on December 30, 2011, at 2:07 am

When Michalis Aristotelis Papadogiannakis – or Mike Pappas for short – opened his third Opa! Restaurant in Astoria, New York little did he know one day he’d have to call his congressman over a case of flambeed cheese gone wrong. Mike registered his web site with GoDaddy and soon after, problems started to pile up. […]

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Facebook removes profiles of Greek murderer and his victim

Posted by DomainGang on December 20, 2011, at 5:40 pm

A violent murder that reached stratospheric publicity in Greece gained notoriety through Facebook, with more than 1500 comments posted on the murderer’s wall. Facebook removed the profiles of those involved – Stathis Eustathiou, the murderer and his victim, Adriana Gardikioti – apparently after the content was reported or at the request of the Greek authorities handling […]

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Murderer uses Facebook to confess crime and profess love

Posted by DomainGang on December 17, 2011, at 3:20 pm

It’s a true Greek tragedy: blinded by jealousy for his 22 year old girlfriend from Kastoria, Greece, a 35 year old event manager butchered her with a knife, then disposed of her body in the cold lake waters. Stathis Eustathiou then confessed his crime on Facebook, where he posted the following: “To Adriana Gardikioti: I […]

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Game Over: Bill Kara brings global awareness to Turkish crimes using established domains

Posted by DomainGang on December 9, 2011, at 10:07 am

Bill Kara – the founder of HallPass.com which he sold to Mindjolt in April – isn’t all about games. The Canadian developer and domain investor is mostly known for his acquisition and development of gaming domains, including CookingGames.com for $350,000 and the HallPass online conglomerate. Bill’s Greek heritage brings him close to the history and […]

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Guide to avoiding scammers selling domains on Flippa or Domain Lists

Posted by DomainGang on November 14, 2011, at 8:06 pm

Fellow domainer Makis who operates the web site Makis.tv has put together a comprehensive guide about researching domains for sale on Flippa.com or other domain lists, such as that on Latonas.com Domains with dubious revenue and traffic appear on such venues quite often. Some are known to have sold for thousands of dollars, which means […]

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42195.es – You don’t have to own a .com to top Google

Posted by DomainGang on November 13, 2011, at 12:44 pm

With more than 3 million Google results, the number “42195” is not an ordinary number. For those of you not into the metric system, 42195 represents the number of meters in a marathon. Around the world, when the term “26.2k” isn’t used with reference to the number of miles in the distance of a marathon, […]

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