That's a very good point about the buy button. I have mixed feelings about the new client. It kind of feelks like a lipstick on a pig. I don't think people using the new client will be able to discover apps any more than with the old one. Yes, the longer descriptions are welcome, but that's probably not tied to the client.
There is still no communication on how apps get on the featured list -- some of the choices seem dubious at best. It's certainly not based on high ratinng or many download. Right now, as I am looking at it, one of the featured apps is "Christmas Jukebox" with 100-500 downloads and 2 ratings! On Dec 22, 10:48 pm, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone > > The slow down is not related to the market ranking, my app has not > moved market ranking. I have seen sales drop from 15-20 per day to 3-4 > per day. The app actually had more publicity in december than any > month previously. > > The obvious changes are the market app changes - has something in the > new layout reduced sales dramatically - well i am sure Google know - > or should be looking into it. > > For example moving the buy button from the bottom to top of the app > screen? now it seems to stand out less, and if you scroll down reading > about the app you end up at a dead end - no buy button. > > regards > > Sam > > On Dec 22, 1:13 pm, Spiral123 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yes....everyone in Korea who has ever written an App appears to have > > released it to every market in the world. > > > I would much prefer if Google actually nominated Local Language(s) for > > each Market and Automatically dumped all Apps not Localized to those > > languages into a new 'Foreign Language' category. > > > Apart from helping to clear out the crud, it would encourage > > developers like myself to stop tinkering around and do some proper > > Localizations for non-English Markets. > > > On Dec 21, 8:08 pm, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > In the Finance category where my app is, if I look at the Free apps, a > > > lot of the top ones are Korean banking/stock apps, which no doubt come > > > preinstalled on phones in Korea. > > > > I don't understand why the market doesn't filter by language for app > > > names, when it does for comments. > > > > On Dec 22, 3:15 am, niko20 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think the market ranking are more accurate now. My app, which has > > > > over 20,000 downloads and a 4.6 rating, should certainly be higher > > > > than an app that has only 1000-5000 downloads and a 4.0 rating. I > > > > think they previously have too much emphasis on "active installs". > > > > Looks like it's fixed now, and for the better in my opinion. > > > > > -nik > > > > > On Dec 20, 12:33 am, Mark Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Indeed I am painfully aware of this and have written in countless > > > > > forums > > > > > about it over the past couple of years! > > > > > > "Country I am living in" dictates which "Country sim card I use" in > > > > > order to > > > > > have mobile broadband without paying huge roaming costs. Switching > > > > > sim cards > > > > > requires me to pop down to some nearby cafe to make use of their wifi > > > > > and > > > > > then access the Market for paid apps (or free apps unavailable in > > > > > obscure > > > > > countries - eBay, YouTube?). > > > > > > How I love the sim card rule :( > > > > > > On 20 December 2010 14:24, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Dec 20, 2:16 pm, Mark Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Right now, I'm > > > > > > > unable to check its ranking on the Android Market app thanks to > > > > > > > being in > > > > > > a > > > > > > > non-paid app country :( > > > > > > > You know that it's the SIM card that determines if you can see the > > > > > > paid apps, not your physical location. > > > > > > > I have to do this as I live in Singapore and I cannot see some apps, > > > > > > such as e-Bay (why, why?) and if I want to update it, I need to swap > > > > > > in my (non-working) T-Mobile USA SIM card.... > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > 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%2Bunsubs > > > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en-Hidequotedtext > > > > > > - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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
