Some apps, like an app named "Amuse", pop up a message saying that they will hide the ads for a while if you click on it.
I'm not sure if that's legal or against Google's policy, but it's a brilliant strategy to get more click through, because even I will click an ad to get rid of ads for a few hours at a time. -niko On Feb 10, 3:04 am, Jim Andresakis <[email protected]> wrote: > I know it wouldnt show up in the market place but you could put > something in your app that allowed the users to message you directly > like a form that takes a few strings and sends them to your database > or email or something. Then you could at least get feed back and at > that point you could offer in app content without breaking market > rules. > > On Feb 9, 9:55 pm, Nikolay Elenkov <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > And apparently there is a whole new crop of > > >> so called 'malware' (mostly filled with ads, etc.) that require you to > > >> give them a 5-star rating to continue playing/watching, etc. Most people > > >> apparently fall for it, and those apps get a high ranking. Eventually > > >> most are removed, but I would be wary of any app that requires you > > >> to rate it. > > > > Can you ellaborate on this? I suspect one of my competitors is doing > > > us. After 800 ratings in 2 YEARS, they got 800 5-star ratings in 2 > > > WEEKS. So something is going on there, but I don't know what, or how > > > to catch them. > > > Can't find the link right now, but the fake Instagram app made the news: > > >http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/photography/instagram... > > > It got a whole lot of rankings in no time, apparently most users just though > > 'if it has that much ratings, it must be safe', and installed it. Of > > course, the > > 'malware' hype was vastly exaggerated, apparently it was just using > > rather aggressive ads. > > > Have you tried using the app in question? If you use it for a while it > > might prompt you to rate it (which is not a bad thing, IMHO, as long > > it doesn't *require* 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
