Congratulations! Did you ask Google to give you back the money they cheated you? :-)
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Blake B. <[email protected]> wrote: > > I currently have 1 free app and 1 paid app. > The free install % stayed consistent, but the paid app jumped from 36 > to 69% install overnight. > > > On Apr 23, 10:05 am, Mariano Kamp <[email protected]> wrote: > > 25% to 36%, so a 40% increase (or 11 percent points). > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Mattaku Betsujin < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
