Adobe’s new Flash Platform Service for distributing Flash content to Social Networks, Mobiles and Desktop concentrates on monetization of your applications through means of hosting ads. You may now write applications for mobiles or social networks and push updates of you application on the social media once the application has been installed. The service also provides tracking/analysis to measure the benefit and success of the application.
“The Distribution service available through Adobe Flash Platform Services offers free and paid methods for distributing applications to social networks, mobile devices, and desktops. It also enables developers and businesses to track the distribution of and user engagement with their applications. Finally, it enables monetization of applications through ad hosting.”
Distribution Benefits
- Enable users to instantly add your application to their own page or account on more than 70 social networks and services, including Facebook, MySpace, and iGoogle.
- Enable users to install your application on mobile devices (currently free beta) and desktops(1).
- Benefit from the implied endorsement when users add and display your applications on their social pages.
- Maximize the early adoption of your application through paid promotions.
- Generate revenue by hosting paid ads for other applications.
- Track and analyze comprehensive distribution and engagement data.
(1)For more clarity and precise information, please do visit the Flash Platform Services page on Adobe website.
You may also install the free Adobe Distribution Manager. Below is a screenshot -
