links for 2008-08-27

• Gartner Says Social Networks Are Attracting Too Much Traffic for Retailers to Ignore
  “Until recently, retailers considered social networks relevant only for the youth market, meaning that many have largely ignored them,” said Hung LeHong, research vice president at Gartner. “However, as social networks expand to embrace ever-wider demographic groups, retailers need to ensure that they have a position on them.”
  (tags: web2.0 retailers socialnetworks socialmedia)