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.

Best West Index - Top Facebook Applications - December 2007 (Beta)

Inspired by Megan Cole’s (of Kinzin’s Are You Normal? Team) story about “Facebook Analytics” we’ve compiled the first “Best of the West Top Facebook Application Index”.

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

Facebook Funny Jokes Q&A with Geoff Peters - Part II

Welcome back to episode two in the Facebook Demo Q&A Series with Vancouverite Geoff Peters talking about the Best of the West 2007 Nominee Funny Jokes.

One question I still have about the Facebook platform is how to monetize my app. Contributing to the Facebook community is great, but at this stage I’d rather spend my limited recreational programming time on projects that give back the most bang for the buck.

Facebook Funny Jokes Q&A with Geoff Peters - Part I

Welcome back to the Facebook Demo Q&A Series. Today let’s welcome Vancouverite Geoff Peters talking about the Best of the West 2007 Nominee Funny Jokes.

It’s fascinating how Facebook profiles are a new kind of “online identity” that is becoming totally mainstream. The way a profile is filled out represents how a person wants to look to others (at least on Facebook), much like how people choose what clothes they wear and their overall image in the real world.