I spend a lot of time researching apps (the app I have in the market is an app recommendation engine). I always scroll through a few pages of comments to determine how good an app is. I would expect most users do the same. The original market app only displayed a few comments also (you had to scroll to see more than the first few ones), so I am not sure if that much has changed. I think most consumers are smart enough to look through a representative amount of comments, to get a real idea of the quality of the app (not just the first comments that appear).
I am very concerned about the companies that allow you to "buy positive ratings" (quite a few developers have received an email offering this). I am not sure how many developers are actually employing these services. Their existence undermines the quality of the real comments in the market. I come by my positive ratings honestly (by being responsive to my users, creating a product that doesn't crash, and releasing new features regularly). Allowing someone to buy positive ratings makes my blood boil. -Mike Download my app (Droid Of The Day) from the Market - "Handpicked Android apps delivered to your notification bar daily" On Dec 28, 9:40 am, Pent <[email protected]> wrote: > Since the new Market layout, I believe the top 3 comments have become > much more important than the others. They were more important before, > but only slightly so, since the others were visible immediately right > below them. > > I think it's now easy to tip a sale one way or the other dependent on > whether those 3 comments are very positive or very negative. > > Now, in theory I can register 3 Google accounts, buy the app 3 times > and make sure those comments are always positive. I can see that my > competitor is already doing this (though with only one account), which > prompted my post. > > The only thing to stop me doing that is my own conscience and the > market 'policy': > > http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answe... > > ...which is only policed if someone complains. And if the abuser does > it again straight after, nothing is done till someone complains again, > rewind and repeat (in my experience). > > Since no one is likely to be policing my comments except me, surely > it's stupid not to be fixing them ? Or did I miss something ? > > The obvious quick-remedy is to stop people reposting comments...or if > they repost they stay in the same position they were before. I'm sure > the Market Team will be listening.... > > Pent -- 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.
