Shared Items – all you need to know today: July 13, 2011

The latest news from the around the web:

• Why I left Google. What happened to my book. What I work on at Facebook. (Paul Adams/Are you thinking inside out?)
• Time Warner Joins Facebook’s Fight Against Bullying

– CEOP for the US…kinda…

• New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Buddy Media, Efficient Frontier, Wildfire and More
• Google+ to Hit 20 Million Users In Its First Three Weeks
• HOW TO: Make a Google+ Desktop App

– goldrush…anyone???

• Readdle PDF Converter for iPad chews up documents, spits out PDFs

– useful? I should coco!

• Facebook Testing Location-Based Check-In Deals API for Businesses With Many Locations
• Facebook axes the App Directory, expects users to find apps through search

– looks like app builders are going to have to either rely on viral effects more, or treat apps in the same way they would any product – and fully support its promotion with marketing activity.

• Google+ fervor may be making Facebook nervous (Sharon Gaudin/Computerworld)
• Blog Design for Killer SEO – Infographic

– THE most comprehensive SEO guide to blogs I think I have ever read!

• Klout adds Foursquare checkins to better measure your social influence

– Still have issues with frequency of content being produced as a factor in Klout, but the addition of a location-based service will hopefully add more credibility to both parties. G+ next?

• How do I become a restaurateur?  I have no experience in the restaurant business but a passion for food and dining.  How should I start my career?
• Official: The Google Wonder Wheel Is Gone

– shame, it was a grteat tool. i think it’s been turned off until ythey plug g+ conytent and +1′s into it.

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