A Board To Have A Beer With

Adrenalina, could there be a worse name, named their four proposed PacSun board members. Hilarity... The list sounds like a good group to have a beer with, but to run a company...

Adrenalina names nominees to PacSun board

Ryan

The Hungry Walrus' "South of the Border"

Enjoy the reading.

Ryan

The Rush to Social Networks

Excerpts:

"eMarketer estimates that in 2008 nearly 80 million people, 41% of the US Internet user population, visited social network sites at least once a month, an 11% increase from 2007."

"eMarketer projects that 79.7 million people, 40% of US Internet users, will create content on social networks at least once a month in 2009, either by updating a profile or communicating publicly."

This is good news to create models to monetize the vast social networks.

Ryan

Google's new Ajax-powered search results breaks search keyword tracking for everyone

"Just know this: a major update that Google is testing has completely broken the ability for any external analytics service like Clicky to determine the search query used by a visitor arriving at your web site."

Google's new Ajax-powered search results breaks search keyword tracking for everyone
http://getclicky.com/blog/150/googles-new-ajax-powered-search-results-breaks-search-keyword-tracking-for-everyone

Source:
http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2009/02/02/what-will-really-break-if-google-switches-to-ajax/

Newspapers Launch PR Campaign Pleading for More Readers

Ironic, but true. Good argument made about lack of content, not lack of revenue for declining readership.

Ryan