http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/tags/applications/facebook+apps/default.aspxTags: applications, facebook appsenCommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2008/05/06/fun-facebook-applications.aspxTue, 06 May 2008 13:27:00 GMT1e469e21-c924-44fa-a132-47b5d0a8ad47:5426Pete Prestipino0http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=5426http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2008/05/06/fun-facebook-applications.aspx#comments<p><b>If you&#39;re thinking about creating a Facebook application to promote your website, you should now that most of the popular ones are geared towards having &quot;fun&quot; reports the <a href="http://flowingdata.com/2008/05/01/chart-of-the-day-a-breakdown-of-facebook-applications/"> Flowing Data blog</a>.</b> Of the 23.160 Facebook applications, the most popular were in the categories of &quot;having fun,&quot; &quot;gaming&quot; and &quot;sports&quot;. &quot;Dating&quot; and &quot;Chat&quot; are also high on the list. If you are developing applicatins in the utility or music categories (<i>money, classifieds and file sharing consequently were the least popular</i>) for promotion on the social network, understand that what most Facebook users are most interested in is simply having fun. </p> <p> <img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/images/blog/facebook-app-breakdown.gif" border="0" alt="" /></p> <p> <b><br /><font size="1"> Tags:</font></b><font size="1"> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/facebook">facebook</a> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/facebook+apps">facebook apps</a> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/applications">applications</a> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/social+apps">social apps</a> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/development">development</a> <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/social+applications">social applications</a><b><br /> Related Posts</b>: <a target="_self" href="http://gesterling.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/facebook-still-mostly-about-silly-fun/"> Screenwerk</a>, <a target="_self" href="http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/02/news-flash-facebook-is-for-fun/"> mathewingram.com/work</a>, <a target="_self" href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/05/facebook-app-categories.html"> O&#39;Reilly Radar</a>, <a target="_self" href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/5/confirmed_facebook_apps_are_useless"> Silicon Alley Insider</a>, <a target="_self" href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/02/on-facebook-girls-and-boys-just-want-to-have-fun/"> TechCrunch</a>, <a target="_self" href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080502.WBmingram20080502170858/WBStory/WBmingram/?page=rss&amp;id=RTGAM.20080502.WBmingram20080502170858"> The Globe and Mail</a>, <a target="_self" href="http://www.betanews.com/article/Prime_real_estate_on_MySpace_apps_gallery_comes_with_a_price/1209748819"> BetaNews</a>, <a target="_self" href="http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2960/stunning-revelation-facebook-used-for-fun"> The Chronicle</a> and <a target="_self" href="http://mashable.com/2008/05/02/facebook-apps-value/"> Mashable</a></font></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5426" width="1" height="1">socialapplicationsfacebookfacebook apps