Comments on: Facebook Begins Recommending “Apps You May Like”

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:29:58 +0000

I just looked at my metrics for Halo 3 Players. It’s a small app because I don’t have the funds to advertise while the other (mind you, lesser) Halo 3 apps have a lot more users because of how much advertising they do.. About a week ago, my page views went up quite a bit and my new user marks have increased. I haven’t done anything new to the app or promoted it in any way.. so I checked my Add/Remove tab of the metrics and saw that I was getting a HUGE boost from the Apps You Might Like section of the directory. Hopefully this holds true and helps out some of the ‘little guys’ who don’t have the resources to push their app and don’t believe in forcing users to invite people. I still don’t have an Apps You May Like section in my directory, though.

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Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:31:44 +0000

[...] and thus keep more developers and users interested. Example of a new feature: Facebook is now recommending applications that a user might [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:10:07 +0000

@Michael Bauser: I don’t think they were pushing recommendations in the sidebar.. that’s just their ad space. Advertisers can target users based on age, sex, location, and keywords in your profile.. So those ads should display some applications that are advertising on the facebook ad network that are relevant to you. For instance, I have Halo 3 in my interests so every other pageview, i get an ad for one of the crappy Halo 3 applications…

By: Facebook Adds "Apps You May Like" - The Unofficial Facebook Blog

Facebook Adds "Apps You May Like" - The Unofficial Facebook Blog — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:23:04 +0000

[...] directory. While there are no details on what determines these applications, Justin Smith suggests that it is based on the applications that your friends are interacting with. Right now everything [...]

By: Michael Bauser

Michael Bauser — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:29:54 +0000

They were already pushing these recommendations in a sidebar, weren’t they?

By: Tom Fakes

Tom Fakes — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:11:19 +0000

They made the page length of the Application Directory shorter too (7 items per page). It’s now much easier to page through the apps without scrolling.

By: Facebook to Push “Useful” Applications with “Apps You May Like” | World News

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:53:19 +0000

[...] is no where near getting rid of any applications. Quite the contrary. According to Inside Facebook, the social networking site is focused on launching the latest “upgrade” to the [...]

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:24:12 +0000

I still don’t see this helping small apps that are just starting out or that are popular within a niche. You’d still need to have a fair amount of traction already to benefit from this.

By: Facebook to Push “Useful” Applications with “Apps You May Like”

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:40:08 +0000

[...] is no where near getting rid of any applications. Quite the contrary. According to Inside Facebook, the social networking site is focused on launching the latest “upgrade” to the [...]