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Apologies for the delay in publishing this Podcast created by FarmVille Freak Chris.

This is NOT an official Zynga podcast. The latest Zynga podcast is supposed to come out tomorrow (Monday, February 8th).

FarmVille Freak will now be featuring our own podcast that basically recaps the week in FarmVille and includes content from FarmVille Freak as well as official Zynga news. One of the reasons why we decided to publish our own podcast is because many farmers were requesting translations of the Zynga podcast and translations of FarmVille Freak from English into Spanish. We will try to do our best publishing weekly FarmVille Freak podcasts but will be working with other people as we do so and will aim for publishing them on Saturdays.

We have both an English and Spanish Version. If you are interested in listening to a summary or highlights of the week in FarmVille and FarmVille Freak, check it out.

Thank you to FarmVille Freak Chris for making and providing these podcasts!
(Note: This is NOT the voice of FarmGoddess, Dr. GreenThumb,  Kayyy or other moderators. )

UPDATE: Please note that this was a trial run and was made by fellow FarmVille Freaks. We will be working on improved versions in the future. Thank you for your understanding.  

If you are interested in producing a podcast in any language including English, please send inquiries to drgreenthumb@farmvillefreak.com

A few months ago we featured FarmVille Freak Matt’s handy profit chart. Since then, new crops have been introduced to FarmVille and Matt has updated his FarmVille Profit Chart to include them. Many farmers often ask “What is the most profitable crop to grow?”.  This chart may help you decide.

Farmville Freak Matt's Profitability Spreadsheet (Click to Enlarge)

You can view Matt’s Profit Chart on Google docs at link below:

FarmVille Freak Matt's Profitibility Chart II (Click to Use)

Matt’s FarmVille Profit Chart

Thanks for sharing with us Matt!

This week’s FarmVille Podcast was on time as scheduled and reveals some interesting news for all farmers. Read below for the highlights. You may also listen to the video right here and if you prefer reading the written transcript there is a link for that at the bottom of the post.

Super Pumpkin crop ends on 11:59 (Pacific time)  Saturday, January 30th

Will there be dogs in FarmVille?

• Dogs will be released to FarmVille in the near future. There is no official release date.

Coming Soon:

• Horse Stables will be released. You heard it first here on FarmVille Freak. The Horse Stable will be a functional “building that matters”. You will be able to build your very own Horse Stable on your farm.

• Valentine’s Day limited edition items. There will be a set of Valentine’s Day themed items. You will also be able to send Valentines, Chocolates, and Candy to your FarmVille neighbors.

Transcripts for this entire FarmVille Podcast can be found below on FarmVille official Forum.

Link: FarmVille 01.29.10 Podcast

What do you think about this news?

Zynga did not release a Podcast last Friday, January 22nd and delayed it until Monday, January 25th.

However, in a new update, Zynga announced that there will be no podcast for the week of January 18th and that the next FarmVille Podcast will be on Friday, January 29th.

So be patient sweet FarmVille Freaks.

You may have seen a Facebook announcement that appears above your FarmVille home page. The message prompts you to give FarmVille your email address so that you may receive notifications through there.

See picture of  announcement below:

Facebook FarmVille Notifications Announcement

What exactly does Facebook notifications include? To me, Facebook notifications are the pop-ups of notifcations (labeled as such) that you receive when something has happened such as “Ginger just fertilized your farm on FarmVille”. The notifications tab can be located on the bottom right of your Facebook screen. It is usually indicated by a red bubble that displays the count of active notifications.

This does NOT affect friend rewards, adoptables or other FarmVille items that you would post to your Facebook newsfeed.

Official word from Facebook blog:

“Starting today, you’ll have a new way to stay connected to your favorite applications on Facebook.

As we work to make the site as simple and efficient as possible, we’re giving you the opportunity to receive updates from applications in your email inbox, such as your MSN, Yahoo! or Gmail accounts, similar to how you may receive email notifications from Facebook when you’re tagged in a photo or receive a message. Note that you will have to explicitly grant developers the right to email you; they will never receive your email address without your expressed consent.

You can now use the rules and routing mechanisms of your email inbox to control how you communicate with applications. This email option is one of a number of upcoming changes we announced in October to give you a faster and more connected experience when interacting with external applications on Facebook. You will soon start to see dialog boxes on application pages from external developers asking you if you would like to receive communication about their applications through your primary email address.”

Hello FarmVille Freaks!

Those that visit our site often will know that we have been working on the FarmVille Freak Forum lately and since it’s been a work in progress we thank you for your continued support.

You will find that this version is a lot cleaner visually and is an overall improvement .

Apologies if you have previously registered for earlier versions of the forum because you will have to re-register for the updated one.

Here you can find and post relevant FarmVille content such as:

• FarmVille neighbor requests
• Link exchanges
• Pictures of your farm
• Discussion area

The forum can be accessed on the leftside of the FarmVille Freak homepage.

LINK TO FORUM: http://www.farmvillefreak.com/forum

Farmville Freak Forum Screen Shot

Please visit our improved FarmVille Freak forum. The link is on the left side of the homepage.

If you would like to post links to your FarmVille account such as: if you need help “Raising your Barn”, neighbor requests, or Mystery Egg links, please do so here.

Link: http://farmvillefreak.com/farmville-freak-forum

No further comments will be approved if you are leaving these requests in the comments sections of other posts.

Thank you,

FarmVille Freak Team

Hello FarmVille Freaks,

With the growth of our site, it is necessary for us to fix issues and make upgrades.

We will be working on some maintenance issues throughout the day and are in the process of switching to a dedicated server. Because of this you may experience some periodic downtime while visiting FarmVilleFreak.com today.

We apologize for any inconveniences this may cause.

Thank you for your readership and continued support!

-The FarmVille Freak Team

Finally! Here are the finalists for the FarmVille Freak Winter Wonderland Contest.

We had a lot of entries and many great farms to choose from thanks to all the FarmVille Freaks who participated.

Please vote for your favorite Winter Wonderland themed farm after viewing all of the entries below. The voting period will take place for 24 hours and then a winner will be announced.

Since the “Send” function is still disabled, we will be rewarding this contest winner and future contest winners with PayPal equivalency of 25 FV$ or farm cash. You can then purchase whatever item you would like from the FarmVille Market.

Winners will be contacted after voting ends.

FarmVille Freak Winter Wonderland Finalist Gosia

FarmVille Freak Winter Wonderland Finalist Baby DoD

FarmVille Freak Winter Wonderland Finalist Briana

FarmVille Freak Winter Wonderland Finalist Christine

FarmVille Freak Winter Wonderland Finalist David

FarmVille Freak Winter Wonderland Finalist Mina

FarmVille Freak Winter Wonderland Finalist Fattah

For all of you FarmVille Freaks who are also iPhone, Droid, or BlackBerry lovers (or other Smart phones), FarmVille Freak is now mobile accessible!

You can easily view all of the FarmVille Freak blog content with your cellphone.

You should be able to read content, see pictures and view or submit comments for each post.

FarmVilleFreak.com via Smart Phone