My sales seem to be back to normal now. Yeah, I buy the theory about the buy button, no pun intended. Maybe now users have got used to it...
On 23 December 2010 06:44, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > 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%[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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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