The Reality Of PR: Smile, Dial, Name Drop, Pray.

I think this is TC taking a chance, to say - "hey I heard what you said about us, well come to you?" - "No... we'll write a story about your story - and it'll be more popular than yours" ... </end mafia, god father movie in head>

I find it very difficult to believe an article from a major startup blog about how you shouldn't go around the startup blogs when it's time to launch.

That being said, I personally believe that anyone who wants to talk about you should be given the opportunity to do so, especially if the cost is just sending an email or two.

Arrington writing about how great Arrington's blog is.

We all know how successful Cuil is today after being mentioned on almost every major newspaper/magazine/blog in the world. http://siteanalytics.compete.com/cuil.com/