Well, there are a lot of factors. A few of them are: 1. No of downloads 2. No of active installs 3. Reviews of users 4. 30day/60day downloads
These are only a few of them. All this was mentioned in one of the Android Developers Lab that I attended. On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Yahel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I know my question answers but since there's a lot of you who really > spend your time scrutinizing your rank, downloads and all, I'm trying > it maybe someone came up with empiric science on this one : > > Does anyone understood even bits of how the market ranks apps in the > market ? > > I usually don't look at stats but following another post on this > topic, I counted my rank in my category ... 565 ... Ouch that hurts !! > Especially when half the apps in front of mine, are crap apps with > less downloads and ratings as low as 1 star :). > > Not that it would make a difference being rank 250 instead of > 565...But this is humiliating a little :s > > Since my app has been on the market for one month, i'm wondering if > age matters ... > > I know I should have asked in the market "black hole of hell " google > group but the name says it all. And I'm sure some of you already > figured out some of the black magic used by the Market to rank apps. > > Thanks for any insight. > > Yahel > http://www.a-world-of-faces.com > > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Kumar Bibek http://techdroid.kbeanie.com http://www.kbeanie.com -- 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

