This evening, CourseFeed was the first verified application to go live. Last year at the f8 developer conference, Facebook announced the launch of application verification program and by November registration was opened. Since then there has been little buzz but as of tonight, the first verified application has gone live.
Since this is the first application to be accepted into the program, there probably won’t be much of a benefit as most users are not aware of the “verified application” icon. The program states that “users will see more information from verified applications as we increase their allocations for communication channels such as requests and notifications, and increase visibility of their stories in News Feed.”
While news feed presence was once a significant benefit for developers, it is no longer as difficult to optimize for since all applications can be granted access. Ironically the application has been verified even though it to try to trick users into inviting their friends. On multiple instances users are instructed to classify friends as “classmates” by inviting them to the application, the first time being when they load the application.
There are some interesting features of the Coursefeed application though. Users can sync their current courses via their Blackboard accounts. Additionally, users can access free course content offered through the open courseware program. Many developers have registered to have their applications verified and this appears the first to have been approved.
Have you applied to be part of the verified applications program? Do you think that this is an important distinction for applications?
Thanks to Jason McGowan for the tip.
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Twitterm Facebook and Myspace take note (lol)
Next please do it with Public Profiles
Comment by Jamie Ellis — May 11, 2009 @ 6:48 pm
It is ofcourse an important move. As more and more scammers are targeting Facebook, initiatives like the "Facebook Verified App" will be necessary in order to get the trust of the users. But it looks like the criteria should be more extensive so that the users can be sure that a "Facebook Approved App" really makes a difference.
Comment by Daniel — May 11, 2009 @ 11:18 pm
Not verified on my side. I just checked CourseFeed and i see no logo…
Comment by Fardeen GHULAM — May 12, 2009 @ 9:14 am
Thanks Nick for catching the badge live. We are getting ready to announce the first set of Verified Apps soon, but not quite yet. The badge went out early on some application’s About Pages last night due to some testing, but these have been removed for now. Stay tuned! -Sandra (Program Manager for the Facebook Application Verification Program)
Comment by Sandra Liu Huang — May 12, 2009 @ 9:20 am
You might want to mention the $375 protection money…. err… fee required to be paid to be a verified app.
Comment by George — May 12, 2009 @ 10:00 am
This is in return for a fee, so hope it doesn't affect fair evaluation of startup applications in favor of rich developers.
Comment by Cihan Irmak — May 13, 2009 @ 11:52 pm
how to verified facebook??>>?>>?
Comment by alex — October 23, 2009 @ 1:55 am
hi!to all muztha nah???
Comment by ronaliza — January 27, 2010 @ 2:26 am
hi…. guyz…
Comment by kishan kanhaiya — May 4, 2011 @ 12:57 pm
how to verified facebook?
Comment by kishan kanhaiya — May 4, 2011 @ 1:00 pm