Justin, if you actually look at the dates, they are grouped together. The one Apr 21-22 is the previous update. If you go back further there was another update March 30-31. The most recent follows the same pattern although so far there is only one visible.
If you look at the rest of the ratings, you can see that although the app does get some less then stellar reviews, it never gets a single star and it almost never gets as low as a 2 start without some reason behind it. Like I said, there is a pattern, but very little proof. - Brill On May 3, 12:20 pm, Justin Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 Developerhttp://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
