In a recent issue of City Weekend, we ran a cover feature entitled "Clicked On: Websites you need to know to get the most out of your city". We've received a bit a of flak for not mentioning That's BJ or Local Noodles in it. I think it's important that I reveal to readers that when we considered this story, we knew that we would have to address why That's Beijing or The Beijinger and Local Noodles were not mentioned. To be clear, the point of the article was not to promote websites or web features that readers were already likely to know about, but rather, start a running list of new or unknown URLs that we found helpful or interesting in Beijing. That said, as CW's electronic publisher I was admittedly wary of promoting our competitors and I'm disappointed that whatever personal reservations I may have had at the time resulted in the integrity of the editor's article being sullied. It was not our direct intention to ignore The Beijinger or Local Noodles, however, I can understand accusations by readers that it was "unsportsmanlike" and unprofessional of CW not to have done so. I recognize that it's self defeating to dismiss information in an article in an attempt to bolster an internal prejudice. That's BJ or Beijinger's classifieds were a real boost to the city when launched and have driven innovation and competition amongst English websites across both BJ and SH, giving great value back to readers. Local Noodles is a site that shares many of the same values of CW - community, grass-root readership, participation in the process and diversity of opinion. While the article served its basic point - and in a roundabout way praised both Beijinger and Local Noodles by saying, " to share a few of the websites that aren't yet in everyone's bookmarks" - we could have had more fun and provided a stronger feature if we had included them in the article from the very beginning. Feel free to read the article or to share your thoughts.