By now, you’ve probably caught wind of this thing called “Facebook Places.” In fact, unless your entire last week was consumed by SES San Francisco or Affiliate Summit you may have read, with bated breath,  live blog coverage from Facebook HQ in Palo Alto, CA. It was there CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed a crowded room that, according to Greg Sterling, resembled “a wedding or luau [rather] than a press conference.” Right. That’s creepy-ominous enough.
If by some chance you’re living under a rock and have not heard of Facebook Places, here’s a 140 character summary: Facebook Places allows users to share their location & the location of their friends by “checking in” at places via an iPhone app. To paraphrase general feedback from social circles: “So… basically, it’s just like Foursquare.” Maybe so. Maybe no. Regardless, the unveiling of this possibly game-changing platform certainly warrants a closer look.
In an effort to help provide just that, we compiled a list of 57 recently-published posts about Facebook Places– from launch coverage to field guides, privacy warnings to tactics on how biz owners & marketers can capitalize on the functionality. Â Read on for the complete link roundup.
Facebook Pages Genesis: The Making Of & Launch
- Facebook Places Coming To The iPhone App Tonight. Check-Ins With Friend Tagging | TechCrunch
- Live Blog: Facebook Places Announcement | ReadWriteWeb
- Live Blogging the Facebook Places Launch | Search Engine Land
- Live From Facebook’s Location Event (Video Stream) | TechCrunch
- Spotted: Facebook Location In Action. Meet Facebook Places! | TechCrunch
- Facebook Has Been Working On This Location Feature For 8 Months | TechCrunch
What The Heck Is Facebook Places & How Do You Use It?
- Who, What, When, and Now… Where | The Facebook Blog
- Facebook Places Are Here (And There and Everywhere!) | Marketing Pilgrim
- Details, Details. Facebook Responds to Our Questions About Places | ReadWriteWeb
- Facebook Places: Does it Have the Location-Sharing Secret Sauce? | PCWorld
- Making Sense of Facebook Places | Search Engine Land
- How To Use Facebook Places | All Facebook
- A Field Guide to Using Facebook Places | Mashable
Facebook Places Features & Functions
- Top Five Ways to Use Facebook Places Effectively | Huffington Post
- Travel Rewards Program Topguest Integrates with Facebook Places | ReadWriteWeb
- Facebook’s Awesome Dark Knight-Esque Live Check-In Display | TechCrunch
Privacy Concerns & How To Opt Out
- How Not to Creep Out Your Friends Using Facebook Places | Gawker
- 5 things to know about Facebook Places | Freep.com
- The Paranoid Can Relax, Facebook Dials Up Privacy With Places | TechCrunch
- Facebook Places & Privacy: Both Real & Overblown | ReadWriteWeb
- The First Thing You Should Do With Facebook Places: Don’t Let Other People Tag You | Gawker
- Facebook Places: Be Cautiously Curious | Spin Sucks
- Facebook Places And Privacy: What You Need To Tweak | AskDaveTaylor.com
- A Closer Look at the Privacy Features of Facebook Places [PICS] | Mashable
- How To Disable Facebook Places | ReadWriteWeb
Tips For Businesses, Marketers & Developers
- Facebook Places Makes Location a Commodity | ReadWriteWeb
- Facebook Places To Replace Your Local Fan Page | Small BusinessTrends
- How to Claim Your Place on Facebook | Reuters
- Facebook Wants Advertisers To Help Build Out Its Directory of Places | TechCrunch
- What Facebook ‘Places’ Means for Marketers and Developers | AdvertisingAge
- Facebook Places API Released | Mashable
- Did Facebook Places Just Cut Facebook Page Growth By 50 Percent? | All Facebook
iPhone-Specific
- Facebook Places Check Ins Not Yet Available For All iPhones | All Facebook
- Facebook Places Goes Live On The iPhone. Check-In While It’s Hot (If You Can) | TechCrunch
Facebook vs. The World [Wide Web]
- Facebook Partnering With Gowalla And Foursquare For Places | TechCrunch
- Facebook Places vs. Foursquare: Who Has the Business Edge? | PCWorld
- Facebook Places vs. Foursquare – Which Platform is Best for Your Business? | likeable media
- New Facebook Places Logo Is A “4.” In A Square. Yeah. | TechCrunch
- Nice Try, Zuckerberg: Why Facebook Places Won’t Kill Foursquare | NYMag.com
- Local Search War Gets Hot: Facebook Joins Game | DavidMihm.com
- Location Faceoff: Facebook Places vs. Foursquare | Mashable
- Facebook Places: What’s Foursquare’s Next Move? [INTERVIEW] | Mashable
- Foursquare, I Can’t Quit You | MarketersStudio.com
- Is Facebook Places Boring? Foursquare CEO Crowley Thinks So | ReadWriteWeb
- Facebook Follow: The Twitter-Eater, The Preemptive Google Me-Killer | TechCrunch
- About Facebook Places and why Foursquare, Gowalla, Qype and Yelp will continue to strive | Digital Musing
- Facebook Places vs. Yahoo’s Who, What, When, Where (W4) Communications Network Patent? | SEO by the Sea
- Facebook Places: The Real Target Is Yelp | BusinessWeek.com
- Google: Hey, We’ve Got Places Too | Reuters
Facebook Places:Â Analyzed, Criticized &Â Evangelized
- Facebook Places; Overview & Analysis | ReadWriteWeb
- Facebook Places: The Verdict of the Experts | SocialMediaToday
- Facebook Places Analysis: 3 Reasons Why Facebook Will Continue to Be Your Aggregator of Social Information | Windmill Networking
Facebook Places: Lovers, Haters & the Utterly Indifferent
We decided to poll Twitter users to get a better understanding of how Facebook Places affects them, if at all…
What are your thoughts on Facebook Places?
