Best West Index – Top Facebook Applications – December 2007 (Release 1.0)

Welcome to the 1.0 release of the “Best of the West Top Facebook Application Index” compiled to highlight the most popular social web services designed or developed in Canada’s West (including in and around the Greater Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, etcetera metros).

The index uses the Facebook data tracked by the Adonomics service and includes the Adonomics estimate of the Facebook application valuation in $$$.

Rank App Installs Active Users/Day Valuation($$$)
1. Are You Normal? 788,467 23,654 (3%) $318,917
2. Hockey Pool 364,509 43,741 (12%) $180,840
3. Scratch and Win 70,970 14,194 (20%) $43,061
4. I’m Reading 46,000 920 (2%) $24,038
5. Up4 7,375 295 (4%) $1,662
6. Green Gifts 4,700 94 (2%) $1,037
7. MyBus 1,400 28 (2%) $429
8. Funny Jokes 1,300 13 (1%) $122
9. Music Gifts 550 11 (2%) $55
10. Zoykes! 300 3 (1%) $54
11. Coffe Shop 117 7 (6%) $42
12. My Food Fix 120 6 (5%) $27
13. BC Event 28 3 (11%) $19

Interested in getting included? Send in your nominations and get included in the next Best West Index update published on January 15, 2008.

Facebook BC Event Q&A with Ahmad Wasfi

Welcome back to the Facebook Demo Q&A Series. Today let’s welcome Ahmad Wasfi talking about the Best of the West 2007 Nominee BC Event.

The Facebook Markup Language (FBML) also offers an elegant way of designing user interfaces. The usual concerns of browser compatibility and screen resolution can soon be part of the past.

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