) September 2, 2009 -- International Dairy Queen system's 2009 Miracle Treat Day campaign saw a significant lift in site traffic that was directly attributed to social media's increased role. The full day event, which raises money for local Children's Miracle Network hospitals, saw a 50 percent increase in online site traffic over 2008. Facebook and Twitter were the highest traffic sources not DQ-owned.

) August 25, 2009 -- Land O'Lakes, Inc. has revamped the Simple Rewards® Club part of its consumer web site, landolakes.com. The site features an improved design and functionality, as well as new benefits available to Simple Rewards® Club members.

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) April 27, 2009 -- Powder-Solutions, Inc., American distributors of the USDA accepted/3A certified BFM® fitting, will reveal how to eliminate the sanitation concerns that plague bulk dairy powder processing plants to attendees at the annual American Dairy Products Institute/American Butter Institute (ADPI/ABI) Conference.

) September 1, 2009 -- For most of us, the ongoing feud on popular social website "Twitter" between pop singer Lily Allen and infamous celeb blogger Perez Hilton probably invokes the "shut up and grow up" reflex.

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) October 14, 2009 -- Hungry for a fast dish this fall to surprise and delight foodies? Gluten, dairy, allergy-free food professional Jean Duane, Alternative Cook has developed a delicious and healthy recipe for Thai Fried Rice - an all-in-one meal demonstrated on YouTube. This is a beautiful, colorful dish for those days with no time to cook.

Representatives of RF Engines Limited recently attended a ceremony at Buckingham Palace where they were presented to the Queen, following the company winning the 2009 Queen’s Award for Innovation.

) May 12, 2009 -- DC City Blog and AllMenus.com today announced a partnership to offer visitors to Allmenus.com access to original DC City Blog reviews of restaurants in DC.

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The partnership reflects AllMenus.com mission to provide DC area residents with online access to local restaurant menus as well as the ability to order food online for takeout or delivery and DC City Blog's mission to provide area residents with premium content, produced by local writers.

) October 13, 2008 -- Hiltz Squared Media Group last week optioned the rights to former flight attendant Ellen Simonetti's semi-autobiographical novel, Diary of a Dysfunctional Flight Attendant: The Queen of Sky Blog. Hiltz Squared has commissioned Simonetti to write a screenplay based on the book. Simonetti, in turn, has launched an interactive blog--queenofscreen.com--about the writing of the screenplay, complete with scene snippets, plot outlines, and polls.

) December 10, 2008 -- With the explosive growth of the blogging phenomenon the mix of information and opinion available in the blogosphere is a virtual jungle; often leaving bloggers frustrated, wondering how they'll ever be found, much less gain a readership. The solution: Bloggapedia Blog Directory and Search Engine. Bloggapedia has always been a high-quality blog directory, but the recent addition of a few new features makes the site even more blogger-friendly. That's right -- the best of the best just got better.

) September 25, 2009 -- The new Sweet Shop in Los Altos will be having their opening celebration on Saturday, October 3rd from 12pm - 5pm. There will be free frozen yogurt samples, raffle prizes, music, fun entertainment for kids and plenty of sweet treats! The Sweet Shop is located in a quaint neighborhood of North Los Altos at 994 Los Altos Ave, Los Altos.

) December 30, 2008 -- Chapeau Blog Awards (www.ChapeauBlogAwards.com) is offering bloggers a chance to earn some brilliant money and a free entry into the Chapeau Blog Awards with the newly launched Chapeau Blog Awards' Affiliate Program.

Technology Group International (TGI), a leading ERP software solution provider for small and mid-market manufacturers and distributors, announced today that the company will be exhibiting at the Inter

) April 30, 2009 -- space150 today announced that it has been named digital agency of record for Imation's (NYSE: IMN) Imation, Memorex and XtremeMac brands. In addition to supporting the ongoing redevelopment of imation.com, the space150 relationship will continue to advance Imation's digital, multiple-brand strategy through Web site enrichment and deployment work, analytics and reporting, online promotional support and social media efforts.

) April 10, 2009 -- Peli Peli, the much-anticipated & innovative restaurant concept offering its "Flame Pepper Fusion" cuisine, will officially open its doors on Monday, April 13, 2009 at 11:00am.

Peli Peli is a new, upscale casual restaurant located at the Vintage Park shopping center in North Houston (Hwy 249 & Louetta). Guests are invited to dine under Peli Peli's 30-foot tall, one-of-a-kind Acacia Tree and illuminated sky while enjoying live jazz, avant-garde architecture, a spacious dining area, a Sunday brunch, full bar & lounge, an intimate private dining room and an outdoor patio facing the Piazza.

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) November 25, 2008 -- Carl Ocab started his blog when he was only 13 years old. He has aggressively marketed and promoted his blog that it catapulted to the top page of Google for a heavily contested keyword phrase "make money online" in just a few months after it launched.

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HighFivez.com a new website launched last month provides blog lovers with a new source for finding the hottest blog posts on the internet today. This new community for bloggers provides a peoples view of the top blog posts.
HighFivez.coms content is 100% driven by its members who can share posts or blogs that they find interesting. Other members can then HighFive these posts if they like them or Pound them it they dont. Users are provided with news worthy information and bloggers receive a surge in traffic due to exposure on the HighFivez home page.

) October 9, 2008 -- BeFreeForMe.com, the first and only web site to offer coupons and samples to gluten and food allergy-free consumers, will go live today. The creation of food marketing industry veteran and fellow celiac Kathleen Reale, BeFreeForMe.com is a web-based business that provides individuals with celiac disease and food allergies with a direct link to coupons and product samples.

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ZORG UKRAINE and ILCI (Ankara, Turkey) launched a construction project of a biogas plant, designed to process wastes of a dairy farm, owned by ILCI. Two companies signed a contract on 26.05.06.

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Sept 15, 2008 – Web Funters Inc., a local Pakistani Fizzy Wizzy concept factory, has launched Pakistan’s biggest blog aggregator(http://www.pakblogging.com/) that makes it easy for readers to browse the blogging activity of Pakistan under one roof, from the most popular blogs and social networks of the nation.
"We have aggregated each and every topic that be covered in a blog post. Most popular categories of Pakblogging.com include Politics, Technology & Startups, Business & Finance, Sports, Entertainment, Gossips and so much more," Aly said.
The blog aggregator is designed to make it easy to keep up with what a blogger you follow is doing on all the blogging platforms they belong to.

) February 5, 2009 -- www.ChapeauBlogAwards.com - Chapeau Blog Awards is alerting the world's most brilliant bloggers, in categories ranging from marketing to real estate, that the February 17th deadline to secure recognition as
"Most Brilliant Blog" and a $2,000 cash prize is rapidly approaching.

) December 4, 2008 -- Chapeau Blog Awards (www.ChapeauBlogAwards.com) announces Blog Review, an online destination dedicated to providing bloggers a channel to review and comment on blogs around the world.

All blogs are subject to being reviewed on Blog Review, including political blogs, entertainment blogs and opinion blogs.

) June 8, 2009 -- Land O'Lakes, Inc. has launched a redesigned and enhanced corporate Web site, utilizing the existing URL, www.landolakesinc.com. The site features a new look and design, as well as the company's new corporate brand identity.

) October 8, 2008 -- BlogCatalog.com, a premier social network for bloggers, launched a total aggregation search engine that delivers search results from the BlogCatalog directory, member blog posts, discussion areas, blog tags, post tags, and more than 20 social networks. It is the first comprehensive search engine of its kind developed by a blogger community.

The new search engine, accessible at http://www.blogcatalog.com/search/, enables anyone to search the BlogCatalog directory of over 150,000 blogs, and multiple social networks. The robust engine was developed after the success of Social Search, another search engine that was developed as an extension of BlogCatalog's Social Dashboard.

) February 17, 2009 -- www.ChapeauBlogAwards.com Chapeau Blog Awards is alerting bloggers worldwide, in categories ranging from technology to entertainment to marketing, that today marks the end of Chapeau Blog Awards entry period. The end of Chapeau Blog Awards entry period also marks bloggers final chance to qualify for a $2,000 grand cash prize and recognition as 2009's "Most Brilliant Blog".

) June 19, 2009 -- To kick-off its Twitter and Facebook pages, No Grainers Dog Biscuits & Treats is offering dogs and their owners special rewards for obedient behavior. No Grainers Dog Biscuits & Treats are the newest creation from HBH Pet Products, filling a unique niche among dog products. Some dogs have allergies to the fillers found in other leading treats and biscuits. No Grainers 100% grain free biscuits and treats have the highest protein content in their category. In order to get the same amount of protein found in one bag of No Grainers Biscuits, a dog would need to eat approximately 2 1/2 boxes of the competing biscuit.

) February 12, 2009 -- (ChapeauBlogAwards.com) Chapeau Blog Awards is counting down towards its announcement of 2009's Most Brilliant Blog. Bloggers, in categories ranging from technology to entertainment, have just five days left to enter their blog and qualify for a $2,000 grand cash prize and recognition as 2009's "Most Brilliant Blog".

) August 24, 2009 -- A recent article that appeared in The New York Times titled "The Expense of Eating With Celiac Disease" focused on the costs of gluten-free foods and the difficulties of living a gluten-free lifestyle. Consumers interested in ways to save money on the gluten-free diet can watch a short video and download a free tip sheet offered by gluten-free cookbook author, Lisa A. Lundy, which is available free on her website- www.TheSuperAllergyCookbook.com.

) November 19, 2008 -- www.Chapeau BlogAwards.com (Chapeau Blog Awards), dedicated to awarding brilliant bloggers, launches BlogOh!Pedia™.

BlogOh!Pedia is an online encyclopedia where bloggers can lay claim to blog phrases they invent. Upon acceptance of each word or phrase that is added to BlogOh!Pedia, bloggers will be cited for their contribution and provided with a link to their blog.

) March 2, 2010 -- With thousands of bloggers covering every topic imaginable, launching a new blog can be overwhelming. And starting a blog that attracts readers can seem near impossible. Fortunately, there are some easy ways to get started and create a blog that is not only successful, but fun to update too. Get started today with these blog tips from WildBlue Deals, an authorized dealer for WildBlue Communications - the leader in high-speed satellite Internet.

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Perth, 23 February 2007: In response to the increasing number of bloggers online, ineedhits (www.ineedhits.com), a leading search engine marketing company, servicing small to medium sized businesses for over 10 years, have launched ineedbloghits. Easy Blog Ping, their first premium blog marketing solution delivers bloggers one of the most effective pinging tools available.

) November 24, 2008 -- Artiklz, the conversation search engine company, today announced the release of three new features for the blogosphere audience.

) June 2, 2009 -- Talking to Canadians about food safety and nutrition has always been a large part of the mandate of Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC) and this week, the organization is taking a major step in its online communications with the launch of its new blog, dubbed "Chicken Feeds."

The goal of the blog is to create a dialogue between the organization and consumers, and to discuss important issues such as animal care and to debunk some of the urban legends, myths and general misunderstandings about chicken.

) November 11, 2008 -- BlogCatalog.com, a fast-growing social network for bloggers and blog search engine, has launched BC 360, an embeddable tool that allows blog readers to perform custom searches on their favorite blogs.    

"With the BC 360 widget, bloggers can now help their readers search across all of their posts and social networks," says Antony Berkman, president of BlogCatalog.com. "It not only searches for content across on their blog, but also relevant links in their Delicious accounts, the photos they've posted on Flickr, or any number of the social networking sites."

) October 31, 2008 -- ShopToEarn (Shop To Earn), the Internet's newest shopping portal, is poised to take over the online shopping world this year and has launched the Shop To Earn official blog to document every step of its success.

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We want this blog to serve as our official company voice on the Internet

The blog documents what our consultants are up to on a daily basis and has become a must for updating our clients and candidates! Butternutjobs opted to use blogspot over other blog providers due to its affiliation with Google and ease of use.
With blogging now being such an international phenomenon it seemed fitting for the site to publish its exploits via blogspot. Readers can see what new clients have been signed up, read about what visits our consultants have been on and read about our recent success stories.
A spokesperson from Butternutjobs said;

) April 8, 2009 - Conventional wisdom says that the blogosphere is a medium where negativity prevails. Few people blog about pleasant experiences, and only the aggrieved take the time to blog, so the thinking goes. But, new research from media analysis firm CARMA International (www.carma.com) suggests otherwise.

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) February 20, 2009 -- BlogCatalog.com, the premier social network for bloggers, has acquired HalfHourMeals.com, a niche social network that allows members to submit recipes, rate favorites, and customize a recipe file.

HalfHourMeals.com was originally launched in August 2008 as a social network for families who wanted to share easy-to-make meal recipes. The recipes are categorized by course, cuisine, ingredients, and include an approximate preparation and cook time.

) November 27, 2008 -- BlogCatalog.com, a fast growing social network for bloggers, is partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Office of HIV/AIDS Policy's AIDS.gov (AIDS.gov) for "Bloggers Unite for World AIDS Day 2008" on Dec. 1.
 
The campaign asks bloggers from all over the world to post about HIV and AIDS on Dec. 1. Bloggers Unite is led by more than 150,000 individually approved BlogCatalog bloggers.