-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 9/3/10 21:03 , Brad Gies wrote: > > This is just a question that I have been wondering about related > to this. > > When I published one of my apps many months ago, I selected "All > Locations". However, I only have data in my app for Canada, and > the US., and it is English only. The app would be handy for any > English speaker that is planning on visiting Canada/US but for the > most part, it's really only handy if you live here. I expected > about 50% of users that download my app would uninstall it because > they don't live in North America, and wouldn't get much use out of > it. > > But, now my installed percentage is only 38%... it was 48% only a > few weeks ago.. then it also started dropping. > > The question is: Has anyone experimented to find out whether your > installed percentage climbs if you only publish to those locations > that would get the most use out of your app? And a followup > question :). In your opinion, is it worth changing the Locations > now? FYI.. I just did it, so I might be able to answer this in a > month or so :). I could have a similar problem (I have bird lists that are localized for large areas, let's say continents). As far as I can tell, the bulk of the initial downloads were from UK (and initially I supported a bird list for Europe). People from USA started asking for supporting North America, and at a certain point I released this new feature. In spite of a clear tip placed on the home activity, I've gotten a few feedback from US people not understanding that they have what they need... But this doesn't explain why there are no more active users from the UK/Europe in general. FYI, my number is still going down (32% from 45%) and the absolute figure is about 20 units down from a couple of weeks ago.
BTW, I find it very disturbing that nobody from Google has confirmed that there are no ongoing known bugs with the Market, as I and others have asked about in this thread. - -- Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkyBXSEACgkQeDweFqgUGxcZ6gCdGji29XFDLKd4PoKIZco5i4k/ UYAAn02s38VaAOne9J25iMLoly23yTOM =i2Nz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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
