Well apparently Facebook have decided to do something about it..

You may have noticed recently when you logged on you got a new page pop up, giving you the option to move a whole bunch of your apps to your “extended profile”.

It’s Facebooks new way of helping you tidy up the apps on your profile page, of course it’s also good for them as it will drastically reduce the load on their servers and speed things up.

the bad news is really for those apps that get pushed off your main profile page to your “extended profile” as they are far less likely to be seen and therefore less likely to get added by new users who visit your profile, see the app and add it because they like the look of it.

as an application developer myself, that kinda sucks, but I can see why facebook have done it, it will really speed things up. It just means that application developers will have to work harder on making sure we can convince users to use the good old “invite friends” option…

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The success of social networking sites like Blogger, Xanga and YouTube has given birth to a new era in Internet usage. A study by Nielson/NetRatings shows that the top social networking sites experienced a 47% growth in the past year with a whopping 367% growth for MySpace.

Some people are afraid of the potential negative impact these sites may have on our children whereas social scientists and others see it as a beneficial aspect of today’s society. Also applauding the rise of social networking are online marketers who have struck a proverbial goldmine for selling their wares.

The multiple facets of these sites make it possible for the marketer to not only, make enormous returns on the dollars invested, but to actually meet more individuals and companies that they can form a business relationship with. This flexibility is an incredible advantage for like-minded people.

MySpace has lorded it over the other social networking sites both in the United States and in the United Kingdom (where there are 2.3 million users). With an estimated 13 thousand new users everyday, there are probably around 5 million MySpace members by end of this year in UK alone.

Even though MySpace couldn’t command a penny more that a $1 Billion from Google to buy a stake in their company (/sarcasm), it does bode well even for the smaller players in this industry. You may yet see some social networks set up for the benefit of their members, not just their owners.

MySpace boasts of achieving the 100 millionth account mark in August last year. It has over 300 million registered accounts as of December 18, 2007 and continues to attract 230,000 new account registrants on a daily basis. The efficacy of MySpace as a social networking site is evident with the existing profiles of some candidates for the 2008 US Presidential elections on MySpace.

Even though it seems like there is no limit to the growth of sites like Youtube and MySpace, it is always good to keep your eyes open for other start-ups that could just be a month or two away from the explosive growth of the other giants in the industry. More focused networking sites like GibLink could become the desired areas for likeminded people to gather and communicate.

While the internet remains a vast uncharted region that seems to have no boundaries in regards to the amount of money that can be potentially made, it is refreshing to see an company, like GibLink, that has the same potential as any of the giants, give back to the members that have made it what it is and what it will be in the future.

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I think my profile’s clunky and crowded enough already…

I just added another one yesterday though, Sudoku:

http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2360124026&b&ref=pd

I’m a bit of a fan of a quick game of sudoku when I’m in “the smallest room in the house”

I also found an app that will show you the most popular facebook apps, so you can track your favorites and how they rank:

http://apps.facebook.com/appsaholic/

They even have a list of the top100 facebook apps and how many users each has.

cool   :razz: 

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this ap has over 62 thousand people using it, so I’m not the only “male Chauvansit Pig” on facebook.

The name pretty much says what it does, you get a new Hi-Res pic of a “babe” every day, you can even “check out their profile”! lol!

There is a privacy setting on this, so you don’t need all your friends knowing you’re a bit of a “purve”…

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there’s over 298 thousand people using it only a daily basis, so I guess I’m not the only one, and it’s in the top 35 FB apps.

If you’re a petrolhead and a fan of stuff like Top Gear then this is a must!

You can introduce your friends and race against them to win points to get better cars. I’ve now managed to get over a million points so my car is a Lamborghini Reventon , I’ve now got to double that to get the next level of car, which includes the Bugatti Vaeyron!

Race on!!!

 :twisted: 

here’s the link to add this wicked car racing facebook app to your profile and get racing today:

Petrolhead for facebook

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How cool is FaceBook!

It shows how slow I am, I spend all day on the net and FB has to become the 7th most popular (according to Alexa.com) site on the nest before I notice it…

 :???: 

now my firends are starting to complain that I’ve got too many Apps on my profile, but there’s so many cool ones to choose from, it’s just not fair!!!

 :eek: 

I’ve set up this blog to share my favorites with the world, or at least anyone who manages to stumbleupon.com this blog…

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