New York Public Relations

According to Compete.com Bing ranks as the 13th most visited website on the internet. While Google and Yahoo still hold the reigns as the top visited sites, Bing is catching up as its traffic surpasses than that of Twitter, Digg, and CNN. From analyzing Compete.com, Mashable has calculated that "ng was able to amass 49.57 million unique visitors in its first month as Microsoft’s official search engine. Bing’s traffic trumps that of Digg(38.96 million) Twitter(23 million), and CNN (28.54 million). We want to stress that this focuses on U.S. visitors, since Compete does not track international visits." The official Bing site states, "Bing is a search engine that finds and organizes the answers you need so you can make faster, more informed decisions." The site was unveiled at the All Things Digital conference in San Diego, California by Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO on May 28th 2009 as a replacement for its predecessor; Live Search. Below is a Unique vistors chart (U

Here's a tip sheet from groupynetwork.com to refresh your PR practices : 1. Know what "news" is. 2. Let the media know about your news in a timely and concise fashion. -Who, What, When, Where and Why really comes in handy here 3. The editors' job is to report on what readers want to read, so let them do what they do best. 4. For product stuff it's sometimes best to send the gear out first and ask questions later. 5. Build relationships. 6. Plan, plan, plan. 7. Editors are always busy and sometimes lazy. 8. Email is the best way to communicate. 9. If you are pitching a mainstream publication, there are some story lines that are always popular. 10. Even big newspaper these days are desperate to build page views online. Just a quick read to refine your focus and remember what pr is really about. Then, head on over to prweekly.com to check out their 2009 Power List: Power List Are you working toward your name being on this list in the future?

(from NYT.com) Mayor Bloomberg recently announced the return of the city's Summer Streets Program . On three Saturdays this summer, nearly 7 miles of Manhattan roads will be kept free of cars, so that pedestrians can have them exclusively to walk, run, bike or skate. Mark your calendars, as the dates for the program this year will be August 8, 15, and 22, from 7am-1pm. I happened upon this project last summer. It was a weird experience walking north on Park Avenue South in the middle of the street, a street which is normally packed with vehicles. Summer Streets definitely brought out the families and the cyclers. This is a nice program in that in makes the city more pedestrian friendly and encourages outdoor exercise. It would be really cool to bike from Grand Central to the Brooklyn Bridge and back....Are you going to participate in Summer Streets this August? I like where Mayor Bloomberg is going with this program, and the determination shown by the city's transporta