Seriously? You have 6 one-star ratings that are spread out over a period of a month... That doesn't sound like a competitor attack to me. That sounds like 6 people that tried your app didn't like it and didn't care to give valuable feedback.
I have an app on the Market that has over 50,000 downloads and an average rating of 4 stars and even I get reviews like that sometimes. If it were a competitor attack you would see a lot more than 6 bad reviews in a month. Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Brill Pappin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- 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
