Manos Hadjidakis: GoDaddy gone Greek – The Bouzouki video

Earlier today, DomainGang posted an article about the new GoDaddy video, featuring a Greek and a geek, as directed by the ad agency Deutsch. In this rendition, the song used in the video was composed by the late Greek composer, Manos Hadjidakis, for the 1964 movie Topkapi, directed by Jule Dassin … [Read more...]

Bido: Double-dipping the domain auctions

Imagine bidding on an item on eBay and winning it, only to be told that it was sold on Craigslist. Essentially, you're disclosing your bidding intentions to an unscrupulous seller that does not honor the policies of auction venues. This is the type of unethical behavior that ticks me off fully, … [Read more...]

Ten years already: My extended testimonial about Escrow.com

Owen Frager made an eye-opening post yesterday, about generic domains - and how corporate procedures and bureaucratic minds can make or break a brand. My personal testimonial about Escrow.com, as used in Owen's article, was as follows: "For almost a decade, Escrow.com has remained the champion … [Read more...]

American domainers: Leave the country

Americans are an extraordinary species; often misunderstood and rarely well-defined. After 15 years in the US, I cannot claim that I have a full understanding of my host nation, but what I have accomplished is the ability to accept, listen and embrace people for who they are. With domain … [Read more...]

Mike Berkens proves my geolocation point with original, insightful article about Domaining

It takes a while to get used to living in Europe, 5 to 7 hours ahead of the East Coast. As I mentioned in my analysis, Europeans have an advantage due to being sandwiched between the financial and social hubs of both the US and Asia. While Mike Berkens did not agree with me, his commentators from … [Read more...]