This afternoon Dogster and Catster unveiled new applications that display our dogs and cats directly on Facebook profile pages by using the Facebook Platform.

We were invited—as were other developers and companies—to participate in an initiative that allowed Dogster and Catster to build applications that would be deeply integrated in to the Facebook website. And today we got to demo our two applications.

The Facebook Platform, called F8, is a very significant development and you should take the time to learn what it means.

And wow, what an event. Great energy, great people and, we’re happy to say, we were in some great company…Amazon, Microsoft, Slide, and Hot or Not, just to name a few.

The utility that enabled us to do this, called Facebook Platform, provided a rich set of tools and online services to build applications that allows us access to Facebook’s more than 24 million active users.

Using this Platform, we developed a pair of versatile applications configured for both the Dogster and Catster properties—allowing animal lovers on Facebook to proudly tailor their space with eye-catching and personalized images focused around their love of dogs and cats.

• The Rescue Application allows Facebook users to feature photos of adoptable pets in pounds and shelters around the country that are in need of a good home.
• The Cute Application allows a user to showcase photos of the cutest dogs and cats on the web right on their Facebook page.

You can learn more and download the Application for Dogster here, and for Catster here,

We’ve been waiting for the right partner to share our content with and Facebook is it. Like Dogster and Catster, Facebook is a safe, fun, informative community environment. Giving people the ability to share what they are most passionate about is a perfect combination. Looks for more uses of our API coming to more websites near you soon!