Athens Classic Marathon: 2501 years later
Those that cannot understand the mentality of the Greeks have a lot to lose. One of the world’s most ancient and complex cultures survived aeons of battling enemies, foreign and domestic. With the economy being artificially suppressed by a throng of politicians and paper traders behind Manhattan cubicles, Greece is determined to survive yet another […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Disaster strikes over Twitter: Greek PM doesn’t get social media
Following the fiasco of first announcing a national referendum and two days later – succumbing to public pressure – withdrawing it, Greek prime minister George Papandreou followed up with a speech and more faux pas over twitter! The Greek prime minister, tweeted the following to his followers and the world: “The Greeks did not go […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Greek Prime Minister saved by Sedo
With the global media being focused on Greece – as if it were the reason for the financial mess created by Manhattan bankers – the name of Greek prime minister George Papandreou is in focus. Some background information: George Papandreou was born in the US to Greek father Andreas – a career politician – and […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Funny Friday: The Steve Jobs legacy
The passing away of Apple icon, Steve Jobs affected millions around the world. Steve Jobs definitely put his own personal dent to this universe. The Greeks, known for their sense of humor and sarcasm during tough economic and social times, are using the obituary picture of Steve Jobs to mock the austerity measures imposed by […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Don’t @%!* with Greeks playing Backgammon
Greeks take their games very seriously. From card games to chess to soccer, Greeks are passionate about participation in entertainment. The proliferation of online gaming amongst Greeks has expanded in recent years; a popular game is backgammon or “tavli” in Greek. There are three main games in Greek backgammon: “fevga” – translated to “leave”, while […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Beware of Greeks bearing …blogs
Greek politicians aren’t phased out by the current state of the Greek economy; while the government takes the customary “August baths“, there’s already a new law in the works that would put freedom of speech to danger. The planned law, to be introduced for voting by the end of September, aims to make it obligatory […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Japan Donations: Not all countries able to contribute
An online chart depicting donations from Facebook users around the globe to quake-stricken Japan shows some interesting facts, that extend to the domain community as well. The chart, available as a slideshow depicts the amount of conversations – and thus, eventual donations – that originated from Facebook with Japan as the recipient. There are several […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.For Greek Domainers there’s no opening of gifts on Christmas!
Greeks all over the world celebrate Christmas today, wishing eachother “Kala Xristougenna“. Tony Kanakaris of NYC was crafty enough to have registered the dot com, so every Christmas KalaXristougenna.com reaps some of the Greek traffic. Unlike most Europeans, however, Greeks don’t exchange gifts on Christmas, for a simple reason: Santa, as portrayed in the western […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The Greeks are coming: .GR.COM registrations open on November 30th
.GR.COM – a new domain extension – is being launched via a Phased Roll-Out, from November 30 for registered trademark holders seeking domain names matching their marks, and from January 10, 2011 for all other registrants. According to the company web site, no premium domains will be reserved by the GR.COM Registry. Modeled after the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Greek Yahoo gets on with the times, finally
While Google opts to serve the exact same front-end in every country, Yahoo has always displayed a portal customized for each country. Yahoo is – after all – the older of the two major search engines and opted from early on to serve news and information – like an online magazine of sorts. After launching […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Troktiko returns to honor the slain Greek blog administrator
Back in July, the assassination of Sokratis Giolias shocked the Greek blogosphere. The politically (over)charged blog was a big thorn in the side of corrupt politicians and power-hungry entrepreneurs. The cold-blooded murder of Giolias and the closing of his popular blog, Troktiko (the rodent), displayed the level of real world anarchy and violence invading the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Greek Warriors: The battle between .COM and .GR
Nowadays most web sites with international appeal use the .com regardless of the country of primary operation. Quite often, ccTLDs are either obscure and hard to remember, or visitors by word of mouth type in the .com by instinct. The “Get Greece Back” initiative is a scheduled reaction against the ongoing situation in Greece, where […]
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