Comments on: Can you say "Facebook bubble"?

By: alan p

alan p — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:51:00 +0000

Well, I killed it as soon as I heard this - its a control thing, I blogged it here.

By: Markus

Markus — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:15:31 +0000

Its higher turn over and that works really really well for affiliate marketing.

For instance you put up a few links to dating sites and anyone that signups up you get $5.00 for. It adds up fast.

By: Mathew

Mathew — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:46:36 +0000

Is that true, Markus? I wasn’t aware that there were widgets that were that profitable. How do they make that much?

By: Aidan Henry

Aidan Henry — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:44:56 +0000

Hey Matt,

Some good points. My thought is something along the lines of yours…

Though “Where I’ve Been” may have 2.3 million users, how many of them are actually active? There are so many apps that get installed and forgot about. Some people just install a given app because their friends have done so. Subsequently, they never get used. I would wager that a large percentage of FB apps fall into this category. Therefore, user numbers can be very deceiving. Perhaps 10% of all “Where I’ve Been” users are active. All of a sudden, it looks more like 230,000.

Just my two bits…

Cheers,
Aidan :)

By: engtech @ IDT

engtech @ IDT — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:48:58 +0000

Why do I go into work in the morning?

I really need to start thinking about the opportunity costs of holding down a day job.