That's half the problem - OK, more than half since this is what is
driving their ranking through the roof.  The other half is there are
many "people" that are spamming the other apps' comments using them as
free advertising.  Wouldn't this also be against the terms of service?

- Mike

On Apr 26, 11:57 am, Ralf Schneider <[email protected]> wrote:
> I installed the game. After installation there was a text box "suggesting"
> to give 5 stars for the game to be the first game to have a 5 star rating.
> I gave 1 star. I don't like to be "manipulated" to giva a good rating.
> Uninstalled it.
>
> 2010/4/26 Mike <[email protected]>
>
>
>
> > Hey Zero,
>
> > Any idea on how Pocket Empires has managed to go from a zero in the
> > rankings to number 25 in less than a few weeks?  Seems a little
> > questionable to me based on the amount of spam being left on all of
> > the other top 50 apps and games promoting your game.  More
> > questionable still is the near constant amount of positive 5 star
> > feedback being left on Pocket Empires itself with nearly the same
> > content.  I'll stop short of accusing the own Pocket Empires team of
> > purposely manipulating the Android market ratings system in order to
> > promote the game, but it seems very suspicious and, might I say, a bit
> > slimy and underhanded.
>
> > - Michael
>
> > On Apr 1, 10:03 pm, ZeroCool <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Big thanks to Android Team.
> > > I couldn't have done it without the help of you guys.
> > > If anyone is interested, search 'pocketempires' or 'pe' in Android
> > > Market.
>
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