If anyone wants to see an example of a competitor attack, see: https://market.android.com/details?id=sixgreen.aos.itap
There is no proof of course but several of the recent ratings/comments show the pattern that is common in one of these attacks. Some of the clues are; no specific criticism, several 1 stars in a row when the app usually gets 4 or 5 stars, "baby language" or language that looks like it comes from someone too young to own a credit card. If you look back in the reviews, you will see a lot of good reviews and some not so good with specific criticisms, which IMO are fine (and useful to us developers) but you will also see another attack that came against this particular product (look for Mark and Lisa together on the second page). This is a real pain in the ass, as its being done solely to drop the rating on the app and drive consumers to something else. Whats really a piss off is that there is no way to deal with it except to add your own comment to the reviews. I think Google needs to do something about this, or at least give us a method to flag those types of comments so that Google can investigate them. There must be heuristics that can be used for detection of this kind of behaviour with all the data they keep (I can think of a few already). If anyone knows another way to catch the competitor thats doing it, i'd be glad to hear it! -- 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
