Dogpile Begs For Treats; Tops Its Own List

On its tenth birthday, Dogpile.com checked its answering machine. The robotic voice returned the dirge of social acknowledgement, "no new messages." So Dogpile.com decided to pat itself on the back as one of the best combinations in recent history and jotted down some others.

IM PR Will Take Hold This Year

I ran out of time to post my predictions for the new year, you're heartbroken, I know, but if I could share a simple one here, I'd say this: I think the importance and value of instant messaging as an *external* PR communications tool will take hold this year.

Oppression For Blogs In China, Germany

Microsoft takes down a Chinese language blog on MSN Spaces, while a German blogger's appearance in Google rankings for a court's name earns him a cease-and-desist letter from the court.