Linky Goodness, November 19

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 by Jordan McCollum

Linky Goodness, November 19

Today is the last day of the year with all odd digits: 11-19 (or 19-11 if you’re so inclined). Thought you’d like to know.

Facebook has found a way to turn its platform into profits by rolling out a Verified App program—$375 per application application. App application…. Ahem. Per year.
Now that we’ve got that out of the way, on to the rest of the Googly news. Still looking for its nonsearch monetization sweet spot, Google is adding ads across its web properties including image search and news.
Tired of the way Gmail looks? Good news: Gmail is getting themes. Soon.
And in case you were wondering what kind of traffic you get from a PR 10 website (You know—Google’s homepage?), Read Write Web looks at the case of the G1 link. Wonder if Google Chrome’s gotten the same boost now that it’s occupying the coveted spot. . . . But whatever happened to that “magic number” of 28 words on their “pristine homepage”—you know, their reasoning behind not linking to their privacy policy on their homepage?

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6 comments on “Linky Goodness, November 19”

Patrick Says:

November 20th, 2008 at 9:18 am

I actually just saw the new themes. It was actually a little annoying to see the default theme they set for me. The themes they do have are pretty cool though and it is a welcome addition.

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Saad Kamal Says:

November 20th, 2008 at 9:44 am

$375 per year for every app? Well this will definitely slow down the development of apps….as not all developers has been able to monetize their apps that well. They could have gone for some 60/40 revenue sharing system….

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Jordan McCollum Says:

November 20th, 2008 at 11:04 am

@Saad—that’s just to be a verified app.
Kenney @ Work From Home Blog Says:

November 20th, 2008 at 3:07 pm

That seems like a lot just to be verified. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. People use the apps now even not being verified. They will really have to show the value in paying. I saw they added ad credits to the deal too.
martha Says:

November 21st, 2008 at 12:24 am

Almost every top sites are looking for some quality way of getting way and changing their old style…..

Orkut has also changed….
Galin Says:

December 4th, 2008 at 12:59 pm

From my point of view $375 annually for each app is too much. It sounds as is there is plenty for verifying. However we use apps without verification and nothing bad happens. So why should I pay so much?? There is no matter in money but in the real value.