Neat idea! What does it do for Android devices that don't have Google's Market app? That information probably isn't in the user agent header...
On Oct 15, 2:28 pm, G <[email protected]> wrote: > So last week I wanted to send a friend of mine a link to an app. I > quickly realized that while I could create a "market://search? > q=pname:" URL and maybe even shrink it with bit.ly so that it gets > recognized by different apps, it was still a problem. Both because its > a pain to type and and because if a user on a PC clicked that link, > they would get an error... > > So I built an app (Word of Mouth) and a website (drdmkt.com) to help > alleviate this. Basically you use the Word of Mouth app to create > short links to an android application ( example:http://drdmkt.com/1 > orhttp://drdmkt.com/3r). When a user clicks on that link from their > android phone they'll be taken to the android market, while on any non- > android browser the link forwards to cyrket.com where the user can see > the same info that is available on the market. > > My goal with this app is really just to provide a universal linking > mechanism for android apps and to help devs and users spread the word > of good apps. I also imagine it could be very useful when posting > about an app on twitter. Anyway I'm not looking for anything with > this, the site is hosted for free (but you still wont see any ads on > single-app links since its redirected before they load) so theres no > worries of bills to pay. Just thought some devs might be interested in > this service. > > So anyone that want to create a drdmkt.com link to their application, > just gotohttp://drdmkt.com/1and download "Word of Mouth". > > Hope some find this useful, > Regards, > Geoff > > episode6http://episode6.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
