Facebook Announces "Great Apps" and "App Verification" Certification Programs for Good App Developers

As speculated earlier this week, Facebook is announcing two new programs today that will give greater visibility within the News Feed and possibly other communication channels for applications that “deliver value to users and advance the Facebook Platform vision.” Here are the details on the new programs: “Great Apps” and “Application Verification.”

1) Great Apps

Facebook is selecting applications that “embody Facebook’s guiding principles for social applications through their meaningful, trustworthy and well-designed user experiences.” Great Apps will be rewarded with “greater visibility on Facebook, earlier access to new features and more feedback from Facebook.”

Great Apps will be chosen according to the degree to which they embody

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