Update Smilies

There is a new set of smilies online! Ina from macinacs.de allowed us to implement a choice of her funny artwork and we want to say THANK YOU INA !! We feel that Ina's Smilies are great -- check out her website to see more of them.

May News

MyGreat is a family of alternative internet-sites for photographers, travellers, dwellers and friends - worldwide. The idea behind all MyGreat-Pages traces back to a fundamental belief in open and free service, easy accessibility and a fast and simple structure.

Today we started a complete new service for everyone interested in sharing information about his/her favourite towns. If you have something to tell about a place, something to depict and to portray to others, don't hesitate: write it down here, share your feelings, information and your recommendations and become a member of the fast growing international community of travel- and homeland-enthusiasts who care about their village, city or country. Visit one of our new country-pages. The following pages are up and running, more to come...

Australia England France Germany Italy Spain USA

March Update

Many users have a personal website which they publish in their MyGreatWorld-profile. We have therefore thought of a small way to say THANK YOU to our members and friends who are contributing their pictures to MyGreatWorld: After sharing 25+ photos you will now get a 'real' link to an external homepage. This *do-follow-link* will help your website to get found by Google, Yahoo etc.

Furthermore, we hope you will find another new feature useful: Within your PROFILE & SETTINGS you can now choose *to receive a notification-email* whenever someone drops you a personal message or comments on any picture you shared. Of course, you will have to enter a valid email-address (which will neither be shown nor will it be misused by MyGreatWorld, of course).

We feel, that MyGreatWorld is evolving more and more!

Any feedback -- as always -- is welcome :o)

February - Update

The design of MyGreatWorld.com was slightly changed: To notice you might have to hold SHIFT and click simultaneously on the RELOAD-button.

We have added a new THEME for those of us who prefer it simple, bright and pure. If you want to try it out just change your Theme in your PROFILE & SETTINGS to 'Plain' and hit the SAVE-button.

We also fixed some minor bugs in the upload-procedure. If you experience any flaws please drop us a note!

We are happy to announce that we could improve the quality of all maps for the Caribbean. You might have to press and hold SHIFT while clicking on the reload button of your browser or to clear your cache to notice!

Follow MyGreatWorld

From now on you cann follow alll our actions on twitter.com :) We'll try to publish as much information as we can to show you what we are doing for our great world. So come and follow us at: http://twitter.com/MyGreatWorld !!

Evolutions uncovered: The new MyGreatWorld.com

Relaunch of the free and popular photo community - On August 25, 2008, after almost a year of systematic and thorough testing, MyGreatWorld.com has hatched from a working BETA into the wild of the internet. And without exaggeration one can say that both, design and range of features have significantly improved.

At first glance users will note that the saluting map of the world is now designed in the vivid whites & greens which match the whole vibe of the site. Who does not like this colour-scheme can try out alternatives within the 'Personal Profile' where by and by different designs will be presented to the members, although it is almost certain, that the new 'Nighttheme' will rise to instant glory.

For all pictures uploaded after August 25, EXIF-data is now available (whenever included in an image), allowing the interested photo-enthusiasts a more technical insight. Comments and Personal Messages have been separated and clearly arranged for a faster access.

Under the hull of the interface, an efficiently tweaked database-engine was fired up and carries out the requests within the mainframe of a new and completely overhauled structure. By this, the overall speed of the site -- which has already been amazing due to the lack of popups, gadgets, etc -- was distinctly boosted.

MyGreatWorld.com now allows do-follow links to external sites on all pages as long as there is a gain in information on the respective topic (which might be a continent, region, city, point-of-interest, landscape or even a single picture). By this, the idea behind MyGreatWorld.com, to combine visual impressions with categories and a database of time and place has opened another quality-source for reliable information.

And YES: MyGreatWorld.com still is and always will be a FREE service.

Countdown to Relaunch - Every BIT Worth the Wait!

Now it's only a matter of days until MyGreatWorld.com will at last peel off its old hull and start up the engine: The 'BETA' will be finally left behind and a greatly refined interface will be presented to the constantly growing community of photo-enthusiasts from all over the World.

Many striking enhancements have improved the platform visibly and technically -- below the surface and deep within the structure of MyGreatWorld's database as well as catching the eye at the very first sight, such as the EXIF-data that every newly uploaded picture will now show.

Still, the best thing about this open and alternative photo-community remains fundamentally unchanged: MyGreatWorld is - and always will be -- FREE to use with all its features!

MyGreatAlgeria

We are happy to announce that MyGreatAlgeria has been put online. If you live in Algeria or have ever been there, feel free to share your photos of this great country.

New design for mygreat.de

We have just relaunched our official company page www.mygreat.de

We also launched www.mygreatpages.com which will give you a overview about our recent projects. Though it's still not complete it will grow day by day.

For all of you who just worry about the advancement of MyGreatWorld.com: Yep, we are working on it ;) We will have a relaunch in late summer which will be one of the last steps of the beta phase. So come back annd have a look.

Server maintenance

During the night from friday to saturday, May 23th to 24th at 22:00 p.m. GMT, we will perform a server maintenance. MyGreatWorld.com as qwell as all individual country pages will be offline during this work. Estimated duration will be 5 hours.

New maps for MyGreatSpain

We are happy to announce that we could improve the quality of all maps on MyGreatSpain. You might have to press and hold SHIFT while clicking on the reload button of your browser or to clear your cache to notice!

Press Release MyGreatItaly

Buongiorno Italia! MyGreatWorld.com launches Italy-portal of the fast, free & acclaimed photo-community

Home of the Roman Empire, Cradle of the Western Civilization and Centre of the Catholic Church – Italy is a rich country in many regards and offers endless motifs for any photo-enthusiast. Also complex in topography, visitors enjoy the northern lakes and beauteous tarns as much as the Alps and Apennine Mountains or the several active volcanoes.

Travellers and residents alike can now upload their pictures of this astounding country, which is blessed with an almost unrivalled diversity in nature and culture: Rome, Milan, Naples, Turin, the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, San Marino and the Vatican City - Italy has everything to fascinate visitors for more than a single holiday and impressions of this amazing country are always an eye-catcher.

With www.MyGreatItaly.com now opened for the public, the highly praised MyGreatWorld-Project takes another step to mapping the world with photos, inviting all fans and travellers to share their impressions of Bella Italia with the community.
At the main page of www.MyGreatWorld.com users find a reduced and well-planned menu without dispensable and unwanted gadgets or pop-ups. All elemental functions are within easy reach and it is not before the choice of a country that the second (and more detailed) menu expands, allowing new users to register and old users to login.

Besides the time (year or even better: year & month) and the category of a picture any further description a user enters will be additionally indexed for key-words. The same goes for the photo's title. Structures and designs are straightforward and comprehensible.

Creating new spots (or uploading to those already generated) within the map-based and simple upload-section is a breeze - as is the plain searchbar that will produce the desired results in most cases. The advanced search, on the other hand underlines the fact that the sites of MyGreatWorld.com offer more than a mere pool of pretty pictures:
It allows for combinations of various search-parameters including the time of the capture, the motive, the spot, key-words in title or description and even the filtering for a certain photographer.

Italy’s unrivalled landscapes and its ancient cities with their narrow passages and unique cultural background make visitors wonder with awe - and MyGreatItaly.com is a welcome way to present this beauty: For visitors. For residents. For friends. Worldwide.

New maps for MyGreatItaly

We are happy to announce that we could improve the quality of all maps on MyGreatItaly. You might have to press and hold SHIFT while clicking on the reload button of your browser or to clear your cache to notice!

Press Release MyGreatGreece

Greece - a way of life - MyGreatWorld’s adds the land of the Gods to the acclaimed free Photocommunity

Greece is not just about the sun and the azure sea, about holiday and hospitality, culture and sports - Greece is far more than that: Greece is a photographer's dream come true.

With www.MyGreatGreece.com now opened for the public, the highly praised MyGreatWorld-Project takes another step to mapping the world with photos, inviting all fans and travellers to share their impressions of Greece with the community. Visitors and residents alike can now upload their pictures of this astounding country identifying each photo according to date and category like art, nature, hotels etc.

At the main page of www.MyGreatWorld.com users find a reduced and well-planned menu without dispensable and unwanted gadgets or pop-ups. All elemental functions are within easy reach and it is not before the choice of a country that the second (and more detailed) menu expands, allowing new users to register and old users to login.

Besides the time (year or even better: year & month) and the category of a picture any further description a user enters will be additionally indexed for key-words. The same goes for the photo's title. Structures and designs are straightforward and comprehensible.

Creating new spots (or uploading to those already generated) within the map-based and simple upload-section is a breeze - as is the plain searchbar that will produce the desired results in most cases. The advanced search, on the other hand underlines the fact that the sites of MyGreatWorld.com offer more than a mere pool of pretty pictures:
It allows for combinations of various search-parameters including the time of the capture, the motive, the spot, key-words in title or description and even the filtering for a certain photographer.

Greece is the perfect country for families as well as for backpackers who rightfully commend the open-hearted cordiality and hospitality of the Greek and their strong belief in tradition and family.

With a unique language and rich culture dating back at least 3,500 years, Greece has performed drama and tragedy a long time before many other countries. Science and philosophy have been nurtured in this part of the earth early and thoroughly. Today it is mostly the unrivalled landscape and the white pearls of Aegean and Ionian islands on the blue sheet of ocean that make visitors wonder with awe - and MyGreatGreece.com is a welcome way to present this beauty. For visitors. For residents. For friends. Worldwide.

MyGreatWorld on KillerStartups

We are proud of being reviewed on KillerStartups. KillerStartups.com is a user driven Internet startups community. It's intended for entrepreneurs, investors and bloggers to stay updated on up-and-coming Internet startups. As we like to say it: KillerStartups.com: tapping the wisdom of crowds to find the next big thing on the internet."
Thank you for taking www.mygreatworld.com into your list.

MyGreatWorld on Web2Null

Thanks to the guys from Web2Null for taking us in the list. You can now see the MyGreatWorld profile here.

MyGreatWorld on Technorati

You can now visit our Technorati Profile. Make it your favourite profile ;)

Press Release MyGreatTurkey

Bosporus, Black Sea & Anatolia: MyGreatWorld.com warmly welcomes the Republic of Turkey

With Turkey the highly acclaimed new database and alternative photo-community at MyGreatWorld.com adds another key-country to its free, fast & rapidly growing online-platform of the world.

Turkey is one of the oldest continually inhabited areas on the whole planet - and a photographer's dream come true: Rooted in Western as well as in Eastern tradition, history has left visible footprints all over this country, vivid reminders of early Byzantine architecture and centuries of Ottoman influence.

Blessed with an almost unrivalled diversity in nature and culture Turkey has everything to fascinate visitors for more than a single holiday and impressions of this amazing country are always an eye-catcher.

With MyGreatTurkey.com now opened for the public, the MyGreatWorld-Project takes another giant step, inviting all fans and travellers to share their impressions of and with the world.

At the main page of MyGreatWorld.com users find a reduced and well-planned menu without dispensable and unwanted gadgets or pop-ups. All elemental functions are within easy reach and it is not before the choice of a country that the second (and more detailed) menu expands, allowing new users to register and old users to login.

To make the database work, users are asked for the time (year or even better: year & month) and a category their picture fits in best. Any further description a user enters will be additionally indexed for key-words. The same goes for the photo's title. Structures and designs are straightforward and comprehensible.

No matter if users want to document the famous river Euphrates, Lake Van or Mount Ararat, creating new spots (or uploading to those already generated) within the map-based and coherent upload-section is a breeze - as is the plain searchbar that will produce the desired results in most cases. The advanced search, on the other hand underlines the fact that the sites of MyGreatWorld.com offer more than a mere pool of pretty pictures:

The Advanced Search allows for combinations of various search-parameters including the time of the capture, the motive, the spot, key-words in title or description and even the filtering for a certain photographer.

"The site lives from the users' engagement and from the belief that on an international level there are no 'mundane' or ‘mediocre’ photos: The world in all its facets is very well worth seeing and what's 'interesting' is in the eye of the beholder..."

What's worth visiting in Istanbul? Where to stay in Izmir? What to do at the Turkish Riviera? What to avoid at the Black Sea? Users may depict their recommendations on MyGreatTurkey.com - For tourists. For residents. For friends. Worldwide.

The change of Turkey’s face is sometimes subtle (and sometimes not). It becomes obvious by comparing the chronological advancement in housing and construction and the varying styles in design and architecture. The further an observer is travelling back in time the more evident growth and progress become. This might be fortunate -- but it is not by default.

Combining these different approaches (to a vast mass of digital photography laying dormant on harddrives around the globe), www.MyGreatTurkey.com opens up its services to the community to build an online-database of literally any spot in this country. Even the very streets users are living in are subject to continuous changes - and to make these trends visible is one of the goals of the site.

Press Release MyGreatIceland

Geysers, Waterfalls & Volcanoes - MyGreatWorld.com crosses the Arctic Circle
Tourism, Cars, Traffic

Critically acclaimed database and alternative photo-community at MyGreatWorld.com adds with Iceland another country to its free, fast & rapidly growing online-platform of the world.

Blessed with the warm North Atlantic Current at its doorstep, Iceland could be called the 'hot spot' in the regions of the Arctic. The island - which is the 2nd largest in Europe - is also the 5th most productive country in the world regarding the per capita GDP and Iceland is also rightfully famous for its unrivalled geology and locations to make every photographer's heart pound with joy:

Eldfell, Hekla and Laki are just three of the more well known volcanoes on Iceland and together with the countless rivers, waterfalls and hot springs they are a reason both, for the geothermal independence of Iceland as well as for its natural beauty and diversity that is so often praised by impressed visitors.

As the sturdy Icelandic Pony is often seen on Iceland's rolling hills of grassland which cover roughly three quarters of the landmass, flocks of sea-birds inhabit the steep coastline with its infinite fjords and hidden bays.

Iceland is a photographer's dream come true. With MyGreatIceland.com now opened for the public, the MyGreatWorld-Project takes another giant step, inviting all fans and travellers to share their impressions of and with the world.