Category: Web

  • Melcrum’s social network for communicators launched

    Hard on the heels of MyRagan.com launched by Ragan Communications earlier this month comes the Melcrum Communicators’ Network from London-based research and training firm Melcrum. Perhaps ‘launched’ isn’t the right word as Melcrum don’t plan any specific announcements, relying instead…

  • Timely changes from Technorati

    Blog search engine Technorati relaunched itself yesterday. All the details are in Dave Sifry’s post. Here’s a highlight that sets the scene for understanding what Technorati has done: […] the world has changed. Whereas folks using Technorati a couple of…

  • Twitter overload?

    Is Twitter creaking under the strain? I’ve not been able to tweet anything all morning (shock! horror!). Can usually log in ok, although it’s terribly slow, but not add anything. Is it just me? Looking at Twitter just now, I…

  • The Ragan and Melcrum competition

    Last week, Chicago-based Ragan Communications launched MyRagan.com, a free service aimed at communicators around the world that’s a mix of social network, knowledge and information resource. It’s captured a lot of imaginations and got off to a cracking start. When I…

  • Ragan launches social network for communicators

    A phoned-in comment to yesterday’s FIR podcast from PR podcaster Bryan Person brought news of a new social network for communicators launched by Chicago-based Lawrence Ragan Communications. MyRagan.com quietly opened for business a few days ago. So quiet, in fact,…