Posted on July 31, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton

This Week in Location: 33 Location-based must read articles you may have missed

What a week for location-based applications/services. From being called the next big thing in social marketing to being said no one is using location-based apps, this week one of the most exciting week for location-based applications in a while. Here’s a list of 30 location-based articles you may have missed from last week.

1. Awesome Infographic: Mobile Advertising & The Rise Of Mobile Coupons
2. Like a Robot Struck by Lightning: Gowalla to Launch Write API, Possibly With Pictures
3. 6 Reasons why you should check-in with location-based services such as TriOut, Foursquare, Brightkite, Whrrl, Gowalla, Scvngr, PlacePop, Yelp and more!
4. Google Tags – Do They Help? An Anectdotal Review
5. Whats Foursquare All About? Simple Guide From A Power User
6. Why MyTown Should Add Virtual To Their Product Check In Arsenal
7. Did I Just Earn an Inception Badge or was it Just a Dream?
8. MyTown adds product check-ins
9. Four Reasons Brands Must Check in to Foursquare. Now
10. Boston’s Skyhook Will Map Tweets, Check-ins at San Francisco Marathon – Xconomy
11. inside wereward metrics
12. MapHook Hooks Social Media with Sharing of Location-Based Content and Interests
13. Now, there’s a reason to keep checking in to foursquare
14. Forrester Recommends Caution with LBS
15. RANT: What LBSeseses are Missing
16. IHG Becomes First Global Hotel Franchise Company To Reward Loyalty Points For Geolocation Check-Ins
17. LoKast comes to Android, brings ‘check-it-out’ to check-ins
18. Miso Targets Shopping Networks for Badges and Special Discounts
19. PlacePop Looks To Give Any Business Its Own Rewards Program, Raises $1.4M
20. How Mobile Text Alerts and Location Affect Consumer Retail Behavior
21. Checking in with the Places API
22. Forrester: Why Most Marketers Should Forgo Foursquare
23. HBO Sinks Its Teeth Into GetGlue To Reward Fans For Checking-In To Hit Shows
24. SCVNGR Announces Rewards for Check-Ins
25. Rally, I Can Quit You: My Failed Social Networking Experiment
26. Reflections on MITX’s Location-Based Services Panel
27. The Ever-Present Debate Goes On: Is Location A Business Or Feature?
28. In April, Apple Ditched Google And Skyhook In Favor Of Its Own Location Databases
29. First-Ever Location-Based Fortune Telling Application Launched on iTunes Store
30. Brightkite Gets Down To Badges
31. Yelp CEO: “There is real tension” between Google Places and Yelp
32. 10 Ways Geolocation is Changing the World #10Ways
33. Podcast #14: Rob Reed, founder of @MomentFeed on location-based marketing/measuring, foursquare, facebook, and google’s location’s plans

For those who keep doubting the geo/location-based space, just read a few of the articles above and you can see why those who “get it” are excited about the geo/location-based industry…. keep doubting.

Did you read any interesting location-based articles last week or have a comment about any of the above articles? Let me know in the comments.

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Written by Wayne Sutton

Wayne is the business development/marketing strategist for TriOut and partner at OurHashtag. For more, follow SocialWayne.com on Twitter, Buzz, and Facebook. Also check out the SocialWayne Podcast in iTunes. See all posts by Wayne Sutton.