(Pardon the continued hijack) >From my analysis, the key metric in market position is acceleration, not total downloads, comments or anything else.
A good example is the new Fox app. It zoomed into the #2 slot in overall popularity after two days on the market. Why? Acceleration. It went from zero downloads/zero comments to 50,000 in one day (or something like that). The acceleration from 0 to 50,000 put it in the first spot. I've seen this happen many times. I was tracking apps and their position for a while on a spreadsheet (http://maps.huge.info/ blog/2009/12/android_market_app_movement.html) http://bit.ly/bpLaQ3 - note how an app can come out of nowhere, swing to the top rating then gradually slip back up? That's because the rate of download acceleration leveled off and the app floated to its rightful place. Here's my take on market position factors: Acceleration Total downloads active install percentage rating count rating User comments don't have an effect, good or bad. -John Coryat -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
