The referall system together with users spamming other apps seems to work very well. If google is ok with it - How long until other developers will follow?
2010/4/28 jasont <[email protected]> > The game itself is quite good, it is very disappointing they have > resorted to spamming the Market and "cheating the system" > > > On Apr 26, 11:12 pm, cyxb <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just came across this on the Market support forum. Looks like the > > developers are rewarding users that spam the Market: > > > > http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=173b4... > > > > On Apr 26, 8:47 pm, polyclefsoftware <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > You also have the option to flag an app as inappropriate, which might > > > not be a bad idea. > > > > > On Apr 26, 8:06 pm, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > When you unistall the game in Android Market, you have the option to > > > > mark it as spammy and give a reason why. Instead of complaining on > > > > here, perhaphs being a bit more proactive could be helpful. > > > > > > On Apr 27, 4:29 am, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I agree with Robert. I really hope Google will take a serious look > at > > > > > this as it undermines the trust of the rankings and ratings > associated > > > > > with any app in the market. > > > > > > > It bothers me that the spamming seems to have started more than 10 > > > > > days ago, and nothing has been done. PE is now the number 9 ranked > > > > > game in the market. This just shouldn't have happened, but it did. > > > > > > > Can anyone at Google that can speak to this please do so? > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > - Mike > > > > > > > On Apr 26, 1:19 pm, Robert Green <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Ok, just like how telling people to click on your ads is against > the > > > > > > ToS, I believe that telling users to give you a 5 star rating for > any > > > > > > reason should also be. > > > > > > > > On Apr 26, 12:57 pm, 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. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]><android-developers%2Bunsubs > [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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > > > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en-Hidequotedtext - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > > -- > > > > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > 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]<android-developers%[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. 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