Facebook is one of the most renowned social networks across the internet. A huge number of people from around the world are using Facebook. Facebook users can enjoy of different features that are a part of the network for example building the users own personal profile , adding and sharing pictures, visiting different communities and joining them if the users feel like and many other such features add inn a lot more value to this social network .

Apart from its own attributes and features, some additional applications are developed for the Facebook users that are called Facebook applications. These applications are developed to facilitate the users of this social network, and make their Facebook usage easy productive and enjoyable. By far a large number of Facebook applications have been developed and many of Facebook users are using. Facebook applications for all kinds of users are available on this social network keeping in mind their likes dislikes and interests. But the question is that what does it take to build a successful Facebook application?

In order to develop best Facebook applications the following things should be kept in mind :

? The application should be easy to use

How user friendly is your application? This is the most important part of any application. The more simple and easy to use the application is the more the users would enjoy working on it. Complex applications are always disliked by the users. So keep your application simple and easy but productive and result oriented.

? Importance of the social and viral component

A Facebook application should be having a social and viral feel in it. It must be socially charged and active because the network it is being developed for is a large social network. If it can?t be social, being viral would be a must for the application in order to spread amongst the users very swiftly.

? Don?t build a totally foreign application

Building a totally foreign application that has no link to Facebook is a bad idea. So keep in mind to maintain a connection with either the features Facebook or if not this then you must develop a very catchy and exiting application which is viral and enough for the users to try it.

? Importance of quality

It?s better to build a simple application and let it grow with the passage of time. If your application has various features its essential for it to maintain a high-quality as well. A proper hardware is required if more than the expected number of users start using the application. No users would carry on using a slow or broken up application.

Keeping in mind these points, if you develop you Facebook application chances for you application to be a success are more likely. But following these steps isn?t a must you can always try to develop complex applications if you think handling them at both the developers end and the users end won?t be a mess.