On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Mike Wolfson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 don't see any reason to be concerned. In fact, this concept of buying ratings is one of the stupidest things I've heard of. The only people that would even consider this are people with low ratings. If your app is rated low after after a reasonable sample size of legitimate reviews, it's safe to say that's the rating your app deserves. If your app sucks and you get a bunch of 1* ratings then you go buy 5* ratings to offset it, sure, maybe you'll get a few more sales - followed by more 1* star ratings and refunds once the buyers realize your app is crap. Now you've wasted money "promoting" your app, pissed more people off, and garnered more negative reviews. Congratulations. Honestly, at the end of the day if your app sucks it sucks - buying positive reviews is just a waste of money trying to delay the inevitable. Given how little most of us make on these apps, I think it's fair to say that if you can afford to do this, you don't have to. And if you have to, you probably can't afford to do so. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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.
