In a nice surprise, the Wall Street Journal gives a meaty mention of BlueMauMau.org as reporter Laura Lorber lists three top online franchise resources. OpenFran and the American Franchisee Association are mentioned too.

ABOUT BLUE MAUMAU: this social-media site for franchisees offers investigative reporting and a slew of volunteer blogs, discussion forums, tools and industry press releases. Among its offerings is a compendium of franchise rankings from several media sources and a "Franchipedia" with articles about franchising written and edited by site visitors.

ABOUT OPENFRAN: a nonprofit in Scottsdale, Ariz., hosts a searchable database of thousands of franchise documents, available for download at no charge.