We see the same patterns across other apps as well. but like I said, its only a pattern and we as yet don't have proof.
They are very hard to recognize but as a developer looking at your product daily and tracking it, it all of a sudden raises an eyebrow and makes go go "huuu?". We don't *know* they are competitors, but the patterns seem to be fairly consistent and I think if you talked to most people that suspect something going on, you see a similar pattern. All we can do at this point is collect data and see what we can see. I don't mind negative feedback, and no matter how hard you work to make things right, there will also be some people who you can't please... just a fact of life and product development. however, just take a look at the rest of the comments/rating and compare them with the two dates I mentioned and tell me it doesn't look a bit fishy to you. My point when I say I think Google needs to be proactive in this regard (not that we're likely to see it) is that there *will be* indicators in their data, that we developers can't see, but that may indicate when this is happening. There was another developer recently posting here who actually did get to find out which competitor was attacking them... We are going to make the same attempt and try and find the people responsible. When we do, if we have enough evidence for our own liking, we will publish their name here. - Brill Pappin On May 3, 2:57 pm, Justin Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > Still doesn't seem like a competitor attack... > > Thanks, > Justin Anderson > MagouyaWare Developerhttp://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware > > > > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Brill Pappin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks TreKing, I'll take a look. > > > - Brill Pappin > > > On May 3, 1:04 pm, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Brill Pappin <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > If anyone knows another way to catch the competitor thats doing it, i'd > > be > > > > glad to hear it! > > > >http://www.androlib.com/ > > > > <http://www.androlib.com/>They somehow track each user and can show what > > > apps they are commenting on. If "Bob", for example, has left 1* ratings > > to 8 > > > different keyboard apps and then a 5* for one in particular, it wouldn't > > be > > > too hard to put 2 and 2 together to get 5. > > > > You're app does not show up though ... > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------- > > > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > > > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > > -- > > 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
