13 Facebook 2008 Predictions: 2007 was a banner year for facebook in many ways.

Some amazing (F8 Platform). Some not so amazing (Beacon). The press loved them… Then the press chastised them.

The bottom line here is that while facebook was the media darling (most of the time) in 2007. It was for good reason.

Facebook is a company that is changing users behaviors for communications and or expectations for how we connect.

This is a Social Behavioral Change that is truly groundbreaking. Facebook will continue to grow and spread internationally. Facebook is not a fad. It is a leader in how people are looking at how they gather, connect and share. Facebook is the fastest growing point of gravity on the entire internet. It keeps pulling people into their universe and keeps them there.

We decided to look into the future and predict what 2008 will bring for facebook. Here are our 13 Facebook predictions:

1. Facebook will break the 125 Million User Watermark
2. There will be over 37,000 Different Facebook Applications
3. Facebook will license it’s platform to 3 Major Social Networking Sites
4. Facebook will Partner with a Major Media Outlet to bring unique Multi-Media content to Facebook (or create their own)
5. Facebook will be the top social networking site in over 13 countries
6. Facebook will announce Facebook Platform 2 which will blow away how we think of social connections and add more robust features
7. Facebook will acquire 2 “widget companies”
8. Facebook will become the most commonly used standard for social widget/app development (Not Google’s Open Social)
9. You will no longer have to install an application to use it on Facebook
10. Facebooks unified payment system will bring the beginnings of ecommerce to a social ecosystem that generates over 300 Million in transactions.
11. Facebook will launch an Advertising Network for application developers that delivers higher value to consumers and application owners (revenue).
12. Facebook will hit 400+ Million in Revenue
13. Facebook will have 400 Applications from Brands in the ecosystem (70% will suck and get no traction because they don’t understand social networks and how to touch users in that environment)

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