The Facebook Journal

Blitz Spot it! is this brand new twisted game edited by the french company Visiware. Some of you may already know the card version of this game, the one where you have to point out as quickly as possible the similar symbols on two cards displayed in front of you. Well, on the Facebook version, quickness may also be the key to score the maximum number of points possible in each level. And watch the time bar on the right: the higher it is when you find the right symbol, the more points you can get. Simple? Not that much… Read more…

Showyoulike.it is a social and engaging application that helps Facebook users share everything they like the best with other members. The deal is pretty simple: by sharing everything he likes, any Facebook user can see what everyone else likes. It is totally free, secure and works in total respect of the privacy.

It is a great way to keep up with the most popular music, movies, people, places and much more according to the number of likes a particular item has received. From there, anyone can easily monitor the trends, spot a rising star, the next buzz or predict the result of an election.

Additionally, signing up for a free account gives a personalized and attractive page made of Facebook favorites.

There are several ways to use the site. First of all, it is an easy way to complete your ´Facebook likes´ section in your profile, if you have not yet. If you want to let your friends know what your favorite band is, what kind of fashion you are into, and what kind of sports you like to play, you can quickly complete your profile with Showyoulike.it. If you already have your profile set up the way you want it, Showyoulike.it becomes your own personalized page with all of your favorite things online.

Although everybody can use it, Showyoulike.it was also devised for bloggers, journalist, musicians, stylist or anyone looking for extended public exposure. They can post the link to their site, their blog, their About.me profile or anywhere else they want, using it to let anyone on the Web know all there is to know about their tastes. One of the great features about this is that all members of the community will have the opportunity to like these wannabe figures and to follow the things they like.

When he first signs up, the user can choose to make his profile public or private. Opting for a public profile will give him the opportunity to become an influencer; users will have the opportunity to like him and to follow what he likes. However, with a private profile, nobody can like you and only your friends can follow what you like.

Showyoulike.it also shows which Facebook friends have similar tastes. Their profile pictures will appear on any given item when open it and they will also be listed on your own personal profile.

But the best part is probably the drill down effects of item affinity when someone hits the details page on a specific like box. Anyone can look into the liker´s profiles. Note that this feature will only come to life if a member´s profile is public. It can then be viewed, regardless of whether they are Facebook friends or not.

One can also see how the information differs depending on various filters. It is possible to filter the data by gender, age, and language, and as more people begin to use the site, it becomes a pretty interesting reflection of what Facebook users are into. Another way to use the application is simply to look for which kind of place is liked the best in London for those who are in their 20s, in NYC for those who are in their 30s or in Paris.

Of course, Showyoulike.it´s data is limited only to the likes of users who have connected their accounts. The more people join, the more data based on Facebook likes will be publicly available through the site. So far, within a few days, Show you like it already counts 300.000 profiles, 7 million likes and 1.7 million objects with an average time spent on the site of 4 minutes.

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A more serious take on a wishlist for Facebook.
Created with minimum clutter and absolutely no flash. List-A-Wish will let you filter who is allowed to view your wishlist. You can set up dates that your friends can mark wishes for and when a wish has been marked, it is faded to prevent two of your friends from buying you the same present.
It allows for anonymous comments on wishes in case the giver needs more information, but does not want to let you know that you will be getting it from him/her.
And of course, it also lets you share your wishes with ease.
Many more features to come, so check it out.

http://apps.facebook.com/listawish/

THRONE TAKERS is the only game that rewards you with CASH for playing.

Take the role of a soldier and rise through the ranks to become a General of your own army of Friends. Conquer territories in a real time World Map, the more you have, the stronger you and your friends will become.

Earn cash by inviting friends or defeating special Bosses.

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When Facebook began, it was viewed as a place for college students to keep in touch with their friends and share the highlights of their lives. It was not a company that was created to go viral but the concept was such a great idea it went viral and created a company. The concept of a social network was literally being defined at the same time it was growing. Although MySpace was the first social network on the scene, it lacked the ability to retain users, keep professionals interested, and create viable revenue streams to bring the company into the black. MySpace also received a lot of negative press that hurt the brand, although they have been able to keep some users based on their music and band profiles. How did Facebook rise so quickly and change the game?

Facebook executives strategized about ways to sustain their brand, market to all ages, and create lasting revenue streams. The Facebook founders realized the tremendous growth in users could warrant great revenue if they could figure out a way to capitalize on it. Facebook’s first strategy was to offer advertising opportunities to reach their nearly 500 million users. Facebook’s second strategy redefined the industry and created several companies in the process. What was their second strategy? They realized that the amount of time an individual was on the social network created more opportunities to market to them. Facebook launched games on the platform.

Games were not a new concept on the internet, but Facebook tied games into the interaction of their users. This marked the birth of the social network game. Many companies started to capitalize on this concept. In the process, these companies created another level of monetization by offering certain gifts and prizes in the games for a small fee (virtual goods) and offering special features in the game for a price (virtual currency). The ability for an individual to send a virtual gift and tell everyone about it became enticing.

There are several companies that have created game products to provide entertainment to the Facebook community while capitalizing on Facebook’s strategy. Zynga is known for Mafia Wars and Farmville and you have Playdom, Mindjolt , RockYou! and Pogo, etc. which provide games on the platform, but the “new kid” on the block is the one that has sparked my interest. Strategic Design Network, based in Austin, has created a game portal on Facebook that will likely provide the best example of how to use the platform to the fullest. They have produced an application called Game Toyz Arcade on Facebook that has really taken the concept of games on Facebook to the next level by integrating tournaments for cash and prizes. They have also managed to integrate their own proprietary tournament management API called Pay Out Hub.

Game Toyz is a flash game portal that offers two types of tournaments. They have coin tournaments that players can join right from within the application and cash tournaments. What is unique is the entry fee for the coin tournaments comes right from the player’s winnings in the game. They can also challenge their friends and wager a certain number of coins to increase their total coin count. All of the tournaments are based on skill and provide the best way for individuals to interact with their friends on Facebook while also enjoying game play. In addition, players can post high scores, challenges and winnings to their Facebook feed. Coins can be redeemed for actual prizes like gift cards to iTunes and Amazon. Game Toyz Arcade also offers their daily lottery game and the daily treasure map. You get a certain number of tries to win additional coins or prizes immediately. If you have run out of coins, you can purchase more simply using your paypal account.

The Pay Out Hub integration is what will solidify Game Toyz Arcade as one of the “new kids” that will have staying power. Pay Out Hub provides an API that integrates with casual and social games to host tournaments. Individuals can register on the site and join cash tournaments from the PayOutHub.com website that will take them directly to the Game Toyz Arcade interface. This is a seamless process and it provides a secure way for individuals to participate and receive their cash rewards if they win the tournament.

Several companies are creating and have created great business models based on Facebook’s strategy and I believe that Strategic Design Network is one of the companies to watch. Zynga, Mindjolt, etc. have already created have already created a presence on the platform, but in some ways have taken for granted their popularity by releasing average new products. Game Toyz Arcade has unlimited potential just like Mafia Wars and Farmville did when no one really knew who they were. The difference is this company has paid attention to detail and released something that is unique instead of more of the same. This is an application and a company to watch! As the trend to provide games on Facebook continues, everyone will be playing games!

Graph It! is a neat little application that will help you see your statuses in a totally different light.

In one click, get to see your most used words in a nice 2D cloud, so nice that some happy users have actually used it as their profile picture! It actually reveals a lot about yourself, may be even in a psychanalitic way, LOL!

You can also see your words in 3D too, thanks to the WordPress plugin. And finally you can get some insights on your statuses statistics, such as what time of the day do you post the most?!

And… actually the best part, is that you can do all that with your friends statuses too!

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The biggest Heart Game on Facebook!!! More than 2000 amazing hearts!

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The Facebook gifting craze is upon us. Do you receive random gifts from people you do not even know? Are you guilty of sending a snowball, starting a pillow fight, a Christmas decoration, a mixed drink or anything else to your entire friends list? Gift giving is going full throttle on Facebook. Why just say Hello to someone when you can say Hello with an item as well.

Now with our easy to use Gift Giving script you can create your own gift application. You control what gifts are available.

Version GiftApp3.6

Demos:
Jones Soda – http://apps.facebook.com/jonessoda/
All Holidays – http://apps.facebook.com/allholidays/

What’s New in Version 3.6:
- Upload feature for adding gifts. Simply browse and select the gift image and it uploads automatically.
- Help and Ticket system added so users can support a Help request and you can manage all tickets as an admin.
- Multi-Admin. Ability to have multiple admins if you wanted to have friends or partners help manage and add gifts, etc.

What’s New in Version 3.5:
- Categories! Create your own categories and allow users to select categories
from the send gifts tab.
- Admin ability to add points to a user.
- Leaderboard to show top senders and receivers.
- Send tab shows how many times a gift has been sent.
- Ability to add a link to each product that open up another webpage. Great to promote affiliate links or send traffic to a product page.
- Monetize with the program(s) of your choice: OfferPal, SuperRewards, or CPALead.Admin features:
- Only admin can add gifts
- Manage the cost to send each gift
- Add points to a user account
- Create categories for gifts
- Manage support tickets

Fully customizable. You do not have to be stuck with the same gifts. Simply delete the gifts and replace them with something new. Easy to do!

User Features:
- Users of your application can collect gifts. Even if you delete gifts to replace them with a different occassion, a record of sent gifts is still kept and users can view all gifts that they received by clicking the My Gifts tab.
- When a user selects a gift to send the script calculates the cost of the gift and the users point balance and allows the user to send the max amount of gifts at one time to save time.
- Leaderboard to show top senders and receivers. Creates competition between users to get on the top by using your application more.

Self Advertises:
- Viral marketing, advertising
- When a user sends a gift they will be prompted if they want to publish to their wall for others to see that they sent XYZ gift and to who from your app.
- When someone receives a gift sent from your app they too are prompted to publish to their wall advertising what was received, from who, and your app.

Has potential to explode and go viral!

Advertise your business!

Do you have a website you sell products from? How about a brick and mortar store front? Facebook has a huge audience and you can advertise your products by creating a gift application!

Place banners for your business throughout the application, name the application after your business AND make the gifts items you sell!

Your an Italian restaurant? Place items off of your menu as gifts. You sell antique toys online? Place antique toys as gifts. Just about any business can advertise their products using a gift app. Build up hype and get people interested in your business. After receiving a mouth watering pizza or an old toy you remember from your childhood people will look further into the business being advertised.

Affordable advertising! One time fee to buy the software and unlimited exposure.

Affiliates!

If you do not have a business, then promote someone elses! Ever hear of Harry & David pears? They are the world’s best tasting pears! Join as an affiliate of a well known product and create a gift application around their products. Placing your affiliate links and banners throughout the application.

Make money from your application!

Sending gifts costs credits. Users receive credits for free for logging into the app each day and by accepting gifts that are sent to them.

Should a user want to send gifts beyond the amount their credits allow them, then they can buy credits directly or take part in free offers such as singing up for other apps, shopping, surveys and more. This is provided by CPALead, Super Rewards OR OfferPal. Both will pay you for any actions your members do to get points.

Besides integrating with Super Rewards or OfferPal banner ads can easily be placed at the top of every page of the application. Rockyou Ads is a great company that shows Facebook related banner ads. You can even integrate with Google Adsense.

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Remember that time when you dropped your phone in the pool? Or when you lost it?
You were probably itching to send a text.
Or maybe you don’t have a phone or don’t have an unlimited texting plan.
Perhaps you’re an adult who hates typing on those tiny phone keyboards or just find it too complicated.

Click a Text (http://clickatext.com is our main site) fixes all of that by providing free and unlimited online text messaging. Our site and Facebook application let you type texts on the fly and send them with just the click of your finger.

By adding our application (http://apps.facebook.com/clickatext) or visiting our site, you can instantly send text messages directly to your friends from your computer. By registering (or submitting some info in the Facebook app), you also gain access to an address book to make texting easier than you thought possible.

While our main site incorporates extra features such as 2-way texting (no phone needed!), MMS (multimedia) messaging, and a sent text message logs, we plan to integrate these into our Facebook application very soon to provide all users exceptional functionality.

Add our app and experience blazing fast texting at http://apps.facebook.com/clickatext.

View our videos to learn how to send a text with our main website.