I'm not so sure. I had an app that 60 percent of the users liked and the rest hated so much that they would give me 1 or two stars. Despite the low average, like 2.6 stars, it still managed to get downloaded by 140K people with 40% retention rate. Had i not taken it down it would most likely be at around 200K downloads or more.
On Aug 16, 2010, at 12:32 AM, String <[email protected]> wrote: Ah, but the problem is, the ratings and comments are probably the single most important driver of app downloads. As a result, a few negative comments - whether from a malicious competitor, or simply resulting from a bug which slipped through your testing - can seriously impact your numbers. If this happens early on, it's not likely that you will ever reach "hundreds of thousands" of users. Add it to the list of things Google ought to fix on the Market. Hopefully they deal with the download & server errors first though. :-/ String On Aug 16, 2:59 am, Incognito <[email protected]> wrote: Not much you can do about it. If yout app is good and downloaded by hundreds of thousands of people hopefully it will drown out those attackers. I would not worry about it. The other guy is probably a loser if he thinks he can beat you like that. He may do some damage in the short term but if you continue to improve your app the other guy will probably give up eventually and you'll have the markey to yourself. Fight him with quality in your app and most likely you will win. The other guy probably already lost by thinking that with his attitude he can be succesful. He is scum so don't even think about him. On Aug 15, 2010, at 12:36 PM, HeHe <[email protected]> wrote: for example, if i write an app called "I" and John writes his app "J". both apps fulfill the same functionality. John can have himself and his friends/fans repetitively install my app, leave bad rating and comments and uninstall my app from their phones. how does Android Market or how can i stop such kind of malicious attacks? thanks a lot in advance!! -- 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 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
