10 Applications to Enhance Your Facebook Experience

Want to enhance your Facebook experience? Then you should consider adding a few applications. Applications are spiffy little additions you can add to your account that are often very fun and useful. If you're ready to add a few apps but are not sure where to begin, please consider the following recommendations:

Farmville by Zynga: With 75,374,065 monthly active users, this is the most popular game on Facebook and for good reason: it's ADDICTING! Farmville is a virtual farming game where you tend your land, grow and sell your crops, meet goals to earn ribbons, experience and more, help your friends , find hidden items and decorate your farm. It is a pleasant way to pass the time and a good reminder of where our food originates. http://www.facebook.com/FarmVille

Twitter: This application allows you to connect your Twitter account to your Facebook. You can view your Twitter news feed without leaving Facebook, and if you grant the Twitter application permission to change your status, your tweets from Twitter will simultaneously be posted to Facebook as a status. http://apps.facebook.com/twitter/

YoVille by Zynga: A personal favorite, YoVille is a vitural world that allows you to create an avatar and then control its life by having it work, buy, sell, decorate, socialize, play and more. Earn coins at the YoVille Factory or by playing a variety of games so you can purchase items and customize your home. Buy and sell collectibles to try and gain enough coins for those special rare items. Go to parties to meet new people from all over the world and enjoy some fun chat. In YoVille there is so much you can do! http://www.facebook.com/YoVille

Weather: Add this application to have easy access to your local weather. You will be able to view your five day forecast and current conditions right from Facebook. It updates often and that little box on your profile will be a life saver when deciding what to wear for the day. http://apps.facebook.com/myweather

Pieces of Flair by RockYou: A concept popularized by the movie Office Space, Pieces of Flair allows you to find or create buttons to put on your profile. Express your political views, social ideas, love for bacon, anything with these little flair buttons. You can add a box to your profile or display it all on its own tab. http://apps.facebook.com/getflair/

MSN Messenger Button: This application allows you to easily add your Facebook friends to your MSN Messenger list. Not only that, but you can actually communicate with the people on your messenger from Facebook. If you like the convenience of keeping communication tools in one place, this app's for you. www.facebook.com/msn.messenger

Music by iLike: Share the music you love with all your friends easily with this application. In addition to selecting and displaying your favorite songs, artists and music videos, you can also play the Music Challenge game, share what concerts you've attended or get notified when your favorite bands go on tour. http://apps.facebook.com/ilike/

Hallmark Social Calendar: Keep up with important dates and events with this easy-to-use application. The calendar allows you to keep up with the birthdays and anniversaries that are important to you as well as well as share events with your friends on Facebook. It also has a feature to send virtual greetings out to your friends. http://www.facebook.com/SocialCalendar

Geo Challenge by Playfish: Have fun while learning your way around the world with this neat little quiz game. Do the world tour and complete four levels. The first level, Suitcase Shuffle, requires you to match flags with their countries. After that, you'll move on to Map Mayhem where you'll have to recognize the shapes of countries before the time is up. Next is City Blitz that asks you to find major cities all over the globe. Conclude the game with Landmark Loco, the level that requires you to locate landmarks on a world map. Try beating your friends' high scores or challenging yourself to see how many points you could rack up! http://apps.facebook.com/geochallenge/

AC Content Portal: If you're a contributor on this site, link your Associated Content account with Facebook to allow your friends to have access to your latest articles. You can place a customizable widget on the wall page of your profile and share your links easily. Also, you will be given recommendations of AC articles that may interest you based on your Facebook profile information and you can view your assignments and messages. http://apps.facebook.com/ac_portal/

With these applications, your Facebook account will be much more than just a place to collect friends. You can transform your profile into a place to keep on top of important information and have a bit of fun while you're at it.