On Aug 26, 5:56 pm, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Mark Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm guessing most people find apps through search rather than > > browsing through categories? > > Probably, but I often peruse the top app in each category to see what's hot > that I'm missing out on, I'm sure others do as well. >
I wouldn't mind having some more specific categories. My app isn't really 'travel' but it is the closest I can get. If they had some subcategories I would be out of TreKing's hair - not that I'm a threat. I haven't managed to take down Google Maps in the free category either ;). My app could fit in Sports - but not really. And what app *doesn't* fit in lifestyle or tools. But this matters not unless I'm in the top N (where N << 800). Ideally, I'd like to have a category so specific my app would be at the top and possibly the only one in it. Yes, I'm dreaming. > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > I say top 800 because the market stops listing apps after 800 have been > > displayed. Perhaps that will change in the future. > > Wait ... you scrolled through 800 apps ... and counted them? Good job, John. Someone had to figure that out. But I expect that an app falls into irrelevancy far sooner than 800 for the average user, whether they are counting or not. In Google.com, few users go past the first page. Since the search in the Market is so bad, I can guess users will go through several pages, but I know of no studies. There are some keyword searches where I come up somewhere between 20 and 800, yet people found my app, so there are some patient searchers out there. If the Market ever allows searching by category AND keyword, category will become more important. Nathan -- 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.
