I’m Reading - Facebook App Nite Q&A w/ Garth Shoemaker

Welcome back to the Facebook App Nite Q&A Series. Today let’s welcome Garth Shoemaker talking about “I’m Reading” on Facebook.

The fact is that there are many shady approaches out there for promoting your app. You are going to have to make a choice about whether you want to embrace these approaches or not. If you do, you are sacrificing some user satisfaction for pure growth. If you ignore them, then you can focus on providing real value to your users. Personally, I am worried that these approaches have already turned many users away from apps, but hope that in the future quality will come out on top.

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.