Face… book… Facebook Facebook… Face… book… I just join Facebook over a month ago and i am somehow addicted to it. Is Facebook another typical social networking community? Well… it used to be.
i’ve been getting invites from friends long time ago but i’ve never look into it because i thought … “Ohh.. just another Myspace, Friendster … Most likely i will not be logging into it after i register…”
So i never bother to create an account.
Joining the addictive Facebook
However, recently many of my friends join Facebook and keep telling me that it is fun. With peer influence, i decided to register and just take a peep. Within a few days, i’ve found most of my friends who are in myspace friendster also in facebook! This is crazy. I begin to update my profile and look around… then i was being superpoked, being bitten by vampire, getting gifts, got a fluff pet, confirmed friends details, being nominated for Superlatives, being challenged to a race, got a Ford Mustang, compare movie reviews and ratings, threw some turkeys and sheeps, received virtual iphone, got some growing gifts, received superwall posts…
Now i know why my friends said fun and addictive. Facebook is not just another social networking community to customize your profile, upload photos, join some fan groups and check out friends updates. Facebook is more than that! It integrates fun into your social network. Now you get to play games with your friends, compare score within your friends along with all other features of other social networking community.
Why did facebook suddenly take off so quickly?
Although Facebook’s logo looks simple and plain… but Facebook is not simple at all. The reason why it is becoming successful is due to it opening its development platform to 3rd party application developers. Facebook lets other content providers to integrate innovative applications easily to entertain facebook members. In my opinion, this is the Best Feature of facebook which makes it stands out among the rest.
Google is coming out with OpenSocial to try to fight facebook. I dont think this is going to defeat facebook yet unless Google is planning something else. Before that happens, with many high profile investors (such as Microsoft and Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing) pumping funds into Facebook, i think facebook is going to catch up myspace at a fast speed.
Tap Into Facebook Social Networking Power
If you havent join facebook yet, register an account and check it out. If you are running an entertainment-related site, it is time to tap into facebook’s huge social community by developing a facebook app related to your site, creating awareness and branding of your site.
Eg. Freewebs.com develops Warbook, Streetrace, …
Flixster.com develops Movies app.
Rockyou.com develops Super Wall, …
If you are just a developer, you may want to start developing application in facebook platform. With the huge community, there is definitely someone out there going to use your application or play your game. For a developer, the beauty of concentrating your efforts in developing a facebook application rather than a brand new site is… if your application is interesting, it spreads virally like wildfire without the need of tough expensive traditional methods of promoting and advertising of your ‘new site’. When that happens, you can extend to a standalone website with more features.
Facebook Marketplace
Previously facebook developers are having problems monetizing their facebook apps. The following is a list of advertising networks focus and specialize to monetize facebook apps.
Cubics
SocialMedia
Federated Media
Lookery
Both RockYou and VideoEgg develop facebook applications initially and launch their own facebook ad publishing network.
There is also a facebook marketplace for those who wants to be part of the facebook application craze. Buy/sell facebook apps, hire facebook app developers. Recently there are also some facebook applications selling in digitalpoint and sitepoint forums.
Facebook Songs
Before i end, i found some nice facebook videos in youtube and want to share them with you 
5 other facebook songs that i think is good.
Facebook Song by Rhett and Link
The Official Cambridge Facebook Song
Facebook Song by Vince and Ben
Facebook Song by Malcolm and Dennis
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Article posted by: Neon on December 11th, 2007
Like you, I’ve never taken seriously about Facebook. I’ve registeredwith Facebook since December, last year. And for the whole year, I’m just a member by name only.
Then, while dropping card via Entrecard, I came across a fellow Entrecard member’s blog who has been making lots of money with Facebook. And I’ve learned a lot about Facebook after subscribing to Lara Saad’s feeds.
Like you again, I’m beginning to like it.
Greetings and lotta loves from Malaysia.
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Google might be launching soon all those things in Orkut.com but main focus will be Indian & Brazillian advertisers, firms because Orkut has great members there. Also Facebook & MySpace are best 2 social sites for webmasters. facebook will have an edge by these apps. I never joined facebook b’coz just ignored it’s prowess Now I’m joining…
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Facebook is nice because they don’t bombard you have advertising, at least not yet.
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If I was able to sign up for facebook when they first came out, I would probably be using it as much as Myspace now. The only reason why I don’t use it is because they didn’t allow sign-ups with non-.edu e-mails…:(
-Mike
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most i love in this site is facebook song.FU-YOH!!!
facebook song in acapella!!!!
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i love that facebook a cappella song too
I first found the Facebook Song by Rhett and Link in youtube, then the a cappella, then the rest.
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I decided not to get a facebook. all my friends changed from myspace to facebook i made the choice not to because I didnt want another website to get addicted too.
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I dont like this face book but the song… I like it
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I love facebook but I got booted out of there because I wrongly posted an advertisement in the ‘Organize Event’ section. Hmmm.
Best regards,
Verniel Cutar
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Facebook is cool.
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Hello, I am from Bulgaria and I really like your blog and this article is very interesting!
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Hard to find time for each of these new social sites. I just got started with Squidoo and I’m hoping to make that worth wild.
Is Facebook really worth putting the effort in from a business standpoint (additional Exposure) or is it just for fun?
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FaceBook is cool. I like it. I use it to cennect with my freinds. Thanks.
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Face book is cool but songs for facebook is sort of crazy
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I love Facebook…I love looking at everyone’s pictures. And seeing what everyone in highschool looks like now. It alot of fun..
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I still dont have a facebook account yet. After reading this post its kinda motivates me to get one. But still, I dont know when will I take action
If I get an account, I’ll refer this post as reference
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Facebook is great!
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Facebook is the new MySpace. Most people I know are starting to use it.
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A lot of people who have used facebook to market their products/services have done great , but now the idea is dying down or over-saturated and it isn’t producing as much good results.
but yeah. I love facebook.
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How did the Facebook kid make so much from the site?
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It’s been a while since this site has been updated - is it still running?
Anyways, Facebook was fairly addicting to me at first, but after a while the effect wore off.
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Yeah, I’m sorry to see this sight go dormant. It was an interesting concept.
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Everyone is talking about facebook. Is it really that great? There are so many more cool social sites out there.
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I’ve never used facebook.com
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I never used it too. But what I heard from my friends is they really enjoy this social networking.
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Facebook didn’t suddenly take off because of 3rd party apps or anything. It took off because they opened their system up to non-college students.
It has been around for quite sometime, but in order to join you had to have a known colleges email address. Once they lifted that, others could join. Soon after, they opened it up internationally.
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Good Facebook songs and URLs! I am on Facebook too although I have better success with Twitter.com/qutequte (that’s my profile)! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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good work
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The facebook craze is still going. I’m surprised people aren’t bored with it yet.
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