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By: Catching up with Facebook. -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone

Catching up with Facebook. -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:21:19 +0000

[...] VentureBeat, Kevin Barenblat writes about the challenges that face developers trying to capitalize on Facebook’s f8 applications [...]

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Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:30:11 +0000

[...] Facebook debunked – [Editor’s note: This is an Op-Ed piece by Kevin Barenblat, co-creator of SpotDJ]. Facebook and its developer platform f8 are the hot topic of conversation among many in Silicon Valley since its launch May 24. The site is quickly growing … [...]

By: End Of The Facebook Gold Rush? I Don’t Think So Either. : Colin’s Blog by Colin Carmichael

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:55:54 +0000

[...] disagrees with VentureBeat’s Kevin Barenblat’s assertion that the Facebook application gold rush is over and I agree with [...]

By: Facebook: The Next Social Gaming Platform Part 6 | BandwidthCamp

Facebook: The Next Social Gaming Platform Part 6 | BandwidthCamp — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:01:56 +0000

[...] Also there is more opportunity then I had originally thought there was. Especially after reading Facebook debunked by guest columnist Kevin Barenblat over at VentureBeat. Plus some of the stats from Facebook, from [...]

By: Scott SEO Specialist

Scott SEO Specialist — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:29:32 +0000

If NFO is the new SEO… why aren’t more sites using it? I certainly appreciate your analysis. As a member of Facebook, I see it strictly as “something fun.” My clients don’t bother with news feeds or social communities simply because they see no value. Is Web 2.0 just about getting Google search engine ranking? For most small businesses, that’s about it – another ‘buzz word’, must do, that eventually fizzles out after the hype. I really enjoy Facebook, but as for business, a lot of people don’t see the need.

Scott

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Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:29:09 +0000

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Team Kane Street » Blog Archive » links for 2007-09-15 — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:21:46 +0000

[...] VentureBeat » Facebook debunked Nice breakdown of the Facebook and what it means to developers, etc. (tags: apis business community facebook marketing social newsfeeds) [...]

By: Jackson Fish Market

Jackson Fish Market — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:10:14 +0000

[...] “The f8 API updates every Tuesday with little warning to developers.” Posted on September 4th, 2007 in Interesting [...]

By: Paul Reilly at Facebump

Paul Reilly at Facebump — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:00:06 +0000

Why Viral Velocity linked to Social Graph Density.

Fact#1: Facebook’s userbase is currently doubling every 6 months.

Given the the physical size of the planet is fixed, this means that the density of the social graph is increasing proportionally to the size of the facebook userbase.

Fact#2: Sound travels through fluids (gasses or liquids) at a velocity proportional to the density of the fluid

Therefore all other things being equal, a viral application will travel at a velocity proportional to the density of the social graph – Which we know is increasing!

Paul Reilly
http://facebump.com

By: Facebook Reality Check » The Progress Bar

Facebook Reality Check » The Progress Bar — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:34:14 +0000

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By: Facebook « Simples Assim

Facebook « Simples Assim — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:38:09 +0000

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By: Basic Thinking Blog » Facebook F8: Aktion, Reaktion

Basic Thinking Blog » Facebook F8: Aktion, Reaktion — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:06:31 +0000

[...] Aufzählung auf VentureBeat zu Facebooks F8. So erfährt man, was den wenisgten bekannt sein dürfte, dass sich [...]

By: dave mcclure

dave mcclure — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:56:01 +0000

nice writeup kevin.

however, i don’t agree the Gold Rush is over… as a parallel perspective, the Search industry wasn’t over just because a few sites got well-indexed by Yahoo and/or Alta Vista in ‘95, or by Google in ‘99.

there will certainly be dominant players on Platform, and there will be App fatigue by users, however count on there being LOTS of large, medium, and small winners both now & well into the future.

while invites and other tricks of the trade have been opportunistically used by early movers such as Slide, RockYou & others, those are certainly not the only methods to get attention / adoption.

in fact, there are PLENTY of mistakes even the top players are making on how they utilize the Feed, and there’s still a lot left for everyone to learn.

finally, i do agree with your assessment of NFO = SEO = BIG opportunity.

the question is not whether, but when, do Facebook & other app players figure out monetization & paid / sponsored feed opportunities. in fact it’s already happening, and once that becomes a little more self-service i expect there to be tons of people jumping in.

regardless, great piece & hope to read more from you on the subject!

- dmc

By: GeeBee

GeeBee — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:20:14 +0000

Most informative. I didn’t know. True=all free services commercialize. Chaos will weed out the faint of heart. Persistent innovation will be rewarded. Adapt or die. yishkoachstronghebro

By: Vladimir

Vladimir — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:56:22 +0000

Nice analysis. Facebook is still in the making as an advertising platform. A stable advertising model will eventually occur, but for now I must agree things will cool down as I expect the initial hype to slowly fade.