Did you active installs jump from 6% to 36%, or 36% to 66%? On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 4:28 AM, Mariano Kamp <[email protected]>wrote:
> Yeah, so your understanding of active install is guesswork, like > everybody's else. > Oh as we are just guessing away, I have a guess to add on my own ;-) > > Downloads doesn't mean downloads (which would include downloads of every > new release), but the number of devices this app has ever seen over it's > lifetime (all releases). > > But it doesn't really matter. Those observations lead to nothing as the > numbers just don't add up. > In my case the app is out since the beginning of January and I have 36% > active installs? That would mean that only two thirds of the people trying > out my app have uninstalled it. That's highly unlikely. > > It would be so great to have official documentation that explains those > numbers and their accuracy. > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Incognito <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ok my mistake. I now what active install means because I have two apps >> in the market and it's behaviour is just as I described. >> >> >> On Apr 23, 2009, at 4:14 AM, Mariano Kamp <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It all looks like one big magic show! >> Incognito, the number of active installations jumped by 30%, not to 30%, >> ok? >> Where do you get your knowledge about what "active installations" really >> is? Guessing of what the words might mean or hard evidence / Google's >> official explanation (yeah, I am new here and also believe in Santa)? >> >> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Mattaku Betsujin >> <<[email protected]> >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> My app's active install jumped from 3618 to 6953, while the total >>> download increased only about 100. I can't imagine that all a sudden 3000 >>> users who previously have uninstalled my app decide to reinstall it on the >>> same day. >>> >>> Something is very fishy. >>> >>> My guess is that Google doesn't really know who has actively installed >>> what app. So when the numbers seems to low, they randomly add some back to >>> make everybody happy. >>> >>> What is really bad about this is the "active install" is used in the >>> market ranking algorithm. So on the days of "active install tax refund", >>> you'd see the rankings get a big shake down. Well, this time it moved my app >>> up by 6 places, so I guess I shouldn't be complaining .... >>> >>> ... but I don't think this is right. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Incognito < <[email protected]> >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Actual number of devices that currently have your application >>>> installed. 30% means that of your total downloads only 30% are installed. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Apr 23, 2009, at 1:13 AM, Mariano Kamp < <[email protected]> >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> And again. >>>> From yesterday evening to this morning the number of active installs of >>>> my app jumped by 30% while the number of downloads stayed constant. >>>> >>>> It gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling when those numbers change at will >>>> and without any explanation. It could be worse they could drop. >>>> >>>> I have total trust in these numbers! >>>> >>>> On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Mariano Kamp >>>> <<[email protected]><[email protected]> >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> I was always wondering what that number is about. My assumption was >>>>> that this is the number of people who have my app installed. And the >>>>> percentage shows the relation to the downloads. >>>>> >>>>> Wouldn't that mean that the percentage will get lower with each >>>>> update as the number of users stay the same, but the app is >>>>> (re-)downloaded. >>>>> Or are the redownloads not counted? >>>>> >>>>> From about 6 hours ago to right now the active install percentage of >>>>> my app jumped from 23% to 31%. I am wondering why that is? The number of >>>>> downloads didn't change all that much, for the sake of this argument is >>>>> stayed constant. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Mariano >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
