Apple.com facebook likes jumped 1 million in last two weeks

If you are not happy with search engines… create your own

I like my search engine more and more.

Just checking ‘web design’, and I like the results:

How does this compare to Google?

Etsy: already 200,000 Facebook fans, and more to come…

Just reading in the WSJ about Etsy : impressive "11 million registered users in 150 countries".
The article title "Highly Valued Website for Handmade Goods Goes Abroad" suggests Etsy is now going after a bigger audience, which means probably more Facebook fans.

Etsy already have more than 200,000 Facebook fans, and shows a strong growth.

Hottest startups by facebook fanbase growth

Here are a sample of some startups or websites often mentioned on Techcrunch and Hacker News, with their Facebook fanbase growth over the last three months:

Data:

Kayak facebook fanbase to overtake Orbitz by Xmas 2011

In the last 3 months (July to Sept 2011 timeframe):
Orbitz Fanbase growth: from 41,000 to 54,500
Kayak Fanbase growth: from 34,000 to 51,000 in last 3 months

Growth of Fanbase:
Orbitz: +33%
Kayak: +50%

Assuming a stable growth rate, Kayak should catch up with Orbitz by Christmas 2011.

Following chart can be seen with latest data on 99like.com (search for 'flight'):

Buying Facebook fans – apparently it works…

Few months ago I added in the index a number of websites that advertize on the possibility of 'Buying Facebook fans'.

why?
Because I am monitoring Facebook Fans, so I was asking myself if the game could be rigged...
Are all fanbase growth "natural", or are they "pumped" somehow?

Turns out one player has gotten a huge Facebook Fans growth in the last two months:

http://www.buyrealfacebookfans.com/

Check out the chart:


More than 20,000 fans gained in 1 month! This is huge. Better than AirBnb, one of the hottest startup right now.

Better than Groupon, TripAdvisor, and many other big players.

For more details check the graph by visiting our site at http://www.99like.com and search for 'buy facebook fans'.

On their site they propose "1000 Facebook fans for only $57 - limited time offer".
Which would bring the cost of a "real fan" at $0.057.

So it would seem that it works, or at least they themselves managed to up their Facebook fan base by a huge amount in a very short time frame, which tend to show that it worked..

As a side note, one could say that a huge advertizing campaign is a way to "buy" Facebook Fans, although not in a direct way.
I keep seeing ads for AirBnb.com, and it reminds me of Groupon a few months ago. Classic rush to be the biggest player...

AirBnB doubles its Facebook fanbase in 3 months

Tracking AirBnB facebook fanbase is interesting. Probably one of the fastest growth right now.
They went from 42,000 fans in end of June 2011 to 75,000 fans in beginning October 2011.
That's a 80% Facebook fanbase growth in 3 months.

In the mean time, Tripadvisor went from 153,000 to 164,000 fans, a 7% growth.

At this rythm AirBnb fanbase should overtake TripAdvisor fanbase by March 2012.