For public relations practitioners seeking to choose among vendors of support services, including news release distribution services, databases, clipping services and the like, Media Orchard will soon post a rating form that will enable you to rank vendors based on your experiences with them. We'll also post your comments on your experiences.

We'll periodically tally the results and publish them as blog entries. The "Rate PR Vendors" section will debut in this blog's sidebar in the next couple of days.

We're now compiling service categories and lists of vendors, and we welcome your suggestions. Please leave a comment or e-mail us to share your thoughts.