WebCosmo.com got featured on Google News today! Its wonderful seeing the hard work pay off. Since our launch on Feb 2007 this been the biggest name recognition we have got for our free classified ads service. You can see it here http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=Classified+Ads&btnG=Search It got featured for a news article published on Los Angeles Chronicles http://www.losangeleschronicle.com/articles/56712
If it wasn't a paid press release / story then congratulations on the press! and good luck in the future.
Sorry to say this but did you pay to advertise on los angeles chronicles? I have read the article and it seems you did.
i agree the article is written in a way that it looks paid. However we have webmaster eyeballs so we look at it differently! Either way its good for your webcosmo. Paid Press releases are a known thing and people do it. There is nothing to be ashamed off. Good luck. you did pretty well against your competitors.