OpenSocial has grown immensely in its first year of deployment. To date there have been over 315 million application installs across social networks including MySpace, LinkedIn, Bebo, Orkut, and Hi5. OpenSocial now has a total reach of 600 million users worldwide, with that number increasing daily.

Social Network Applications, including applications built on the OpenSocial framework, are growing at an extreme rate and have become a standard feature on all major social networks.

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Friendster announced their own API last October. There will be no apparent difference to users between an OpenSocial and Friendster application, as both will be supported.

Open Social is a common API for social applications across multiple websites. There are many websites implementing OpenSocial including hi5, MySpace, LinkedIn, Ning, orkut, Hyves, imeem, Oracle, Plaxo, Salesforce.com, Six Apart, Tianji, Viadeo, and XING.

Facebook Application Developers will now have access to more detailed stats about their public applications performance. This new feature will display stats on user actions including canvas page views, clicks on profile boxes, confirmation of feed forms, and the adding and removing of bookmarks.

The analytics will also help show trends in your data with a graphical report. Custom date range reports can also be viewed.

This new feature will help Facebook Application Developers to visualize application growth, gauge user response, and ultimately build a better user experience.