Anyone Can Make A Facebook App and $$$

11 10 2009

A new Facebook application offers ordinary users the opportunity to build their own applications.

App Bank has a simple and intuitive interface which means that non-programmers now have the tools build a Facebook app themselves without engaging the services of a professional.

appbank - Facebook App

AppBank is free to use and even pays people to create applications with it.  According to AppBank their top-earner makes $769 a month.  At the moment only users in the USA and Canada can take advantage of the revenue stream from Facebook advertising but that is sure to change in the future.

Whilst AppBank provides the tools to build a facebook app, there will be many businesses where they will still want to hire someone to do this for them. This will enable new companies to provide these development services where ideas people don’t need costly programmers to build their envisioned application.

If you want a Facebook application created for your company, get in touch with Simon Says Media.

With a hat tip to MomGadget.





Online advertising overtakes TV

30 09 2009

DogpileAs reported in the Independent and by other organisations, according to the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB):

“Online advertising expenditure grew 4.6% to £1.75 billion in H1 2009, overtaking TV for the first time.”

The IAB states that the UK

“remains the world leader in terms of market share for online, with the medium accounting for 23.5% in the first half of 2009.”

The IAB also points out the growth in paid-for search, accounting for almost 60% of online advertising expenditure.

As new websites are launched and battle for advertising revenue, fragmentation of the market will continue and put more pressure on TV broadcasters.