Everyone, thanks for the feedback. To reduce spam. I've decided to limit the number of apps to 5 for zappmarket.
Based on developer feedback (which was great), I've also decided to scrap version 1 of zapp. Either I couldn't address specific needs of developers (like piracy) or many core needs were being addressed elsewhere. Developers did provide a few key pain points in regards to selling apps that aren't being addressed but this requires a completely different approach to traditional app markets. I'm working on a new version of zappmarket to provide a solution. I'm still at least a month away (no specific date), but I'll keep you guys posted. On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) < [email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps a limit of 5 with additional apps upon approval by Google. It > could be a simple thing like Godaddy has for requesting IP's. You get > one, you can get two more by just asking and if you want more than > that, you have to have a good reason. > > -John Coryat > > On May 4, 2:27 pm, Shane Isbell <[email protected]> wrote: > > So maybe put a hard limit to the number of apps a single developer can > > upload? > > > > > > > > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 4:49 AM, westmeadboy <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > There are lots of bilingual dictionary apps out there. One company has > > > over 100 I think. Clearly they use the same engine for each and just > > > change the content. Not sure if this is considered spam. > > > > > Ideally they would just have one app on the market and then through > > > that app users could pay for/download whatever content/dictionaries > > > they want. > > > > > The problem with this is that the content/dictionaries would not have > > > the necessary visibility in the Market. Therefore, the vast majority > > > of users, when searching for say a Chinese-English dictionary, would > > > not realise they could use that app to fulfil their needs. > > > > > When searching the Market, I'd like to see Google Search-style results > > > where apps from the same dev are grouped so you only see the first 3 > > > and a link to "more apps", just like how Google Search groups results > > > by website. > > > > > When browsing a category, I would do a similar kind of grouping. > > > > > I really hope Google Market brings in proper support for add-ons which > > > would make all this a little easier to manage. > > > > > On Apr 30, 6:45 pm, Eric F <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I would say junky apps would include Themes, Background Wallpapers > and > > > > Content as apps. > > > > > > Themes are everywhere, for home screen replacements I don't even have > > > > installed. They aren't spam, I'm sure many of them are actually > > > > reasonably decent and shouldn't be removed from the market. But I > > > > think they should when uploaded to the market be required to put in > > > > some kind of "requires aHome to be installed". And the end user's > > > > market should have a setting for "Hide add-ons for not installed > > > > apps". And while apps like Locale, the big draw is the number of > > > > plugins it has for it, so if users didn't see that they might not > > > > understand how big that ecosystem is, so having that option be off by > > > > default would be ok with me (even though I think most users would > > > > prefer it on) > > > > > > The Background Wallpapers and Content as apps is where someone > creates > > > > an app that does nothing more than say, show 1 funny image (as > opposed > > > > to connect to a remote site and allow users to browse through a whole > > > > content set). Or the app is just a scanned version of a comic book, > > > > etc. For one thing, it would benefit the user the most if content > > > > providers adopted a sub-platform for distribution that wasn't the > > > > market (but I think billing, and getting paid is something hard to do > > > > so I don't see this happening). But it would be better if people > > > > downloaded some e-Reader type application off the market, and then > > > > bought comic books through that application. Better user experience, > a > > > > user who wants 1000 comic books on his/her phone doesn't have an app > > > > drawer that is ungodly, etc. > > > > > > Since it's unrealistic that the above will ever happen, I don't know > > > > how much thought went into the market categories. Did they do market > > > > research to figure out what the top N categories were for > applications > > > > and games? Or did some person out there just pick them out of a hat? > > > > But a good temporary solution is stuffing these dumb content apps > into > > > > their own categories and allowing users to have a filter settings in > > > > the market. So that they can say "Filter out the following categories > > > > when browsing" and "Filter out results in the following categories > > > > while searching". Then you could even have a parental control there > to > > > > assist with the Girly apps. > > > > > > Then the only remaining part of the system is what to do when the > > > > spammy app makers don't categorize or tag their apps correctly. And > > > > the solution there is to make app developers sign an agreement that > > > > states that they understand that their submitted categorizations etc. > > > > are only hints to the market, and that final meta-data is decided by > > > > some kind of voting/ranking/wiki community style. > > > > > > Market needs vast improvements.. soon. > > > > > > -E > > > > > > On Apr 30, 8:34 am, Shane Isbell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > What kinds of junky paid apps are there on the Android Market? I > know > > > > > slideshows of pretty girls is one type of junky app. Are there any > > > other > > > > > types that flood the market, distracting from the higher quality > paid > > > apps? > > > > > As developers, if there were types of apps you'd like to see > stripped > > > from > > > > > the Android Market, what kind would they be? > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Shane Isbell (Founder of ZappMarket) > > >http://twitter.com/sisbellhttp://twitter.com/zappstorehttp://zappmark. > .. > > > > > > > -- > > > > > 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]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > <android-discuss%[email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > > groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > > > > 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]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > <android-discuss%[email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > > groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > 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]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > <android-discuss%[email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > > > -- > > Shane Isbell (Founder of ZappMarket) > http://twitter.com/sisbellhttp://twitter.com/zappstorehttp://zappmarket.com > > > > -- > > 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]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- > 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]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- Shane Isbell (Founder of ZappMarket) http://twitter.com/sisbell http://twitter.com/zappstore http://zappmarket.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. 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