I hope you're right Al. As of the update to my app that I posted this morning, my app can no longer be found by searching on the Market using its exact name for at least some devices.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=1360dc9a9beef485&hl=en Perhaps this also occurred back on 27-JUN. After all I don't know what I don't now and that would also explain the dramatic fall in downloads back then. On Aug 12, 9:02 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > As a follow on to this I've been told that specific search issues are > being cherry picked from the Market support forums. > > This means that if your app doesn't appear high-up or top of the list > for a search for your apps specific name or package then it's worth > reporting it in the Market forums. > > This *doesn't* mean that posts like "My app doesn't rank as high as it > used to/as high as I'd like" will get any attention, we are all, at > the end of the day, at the mercy of the search algorithm, and so with > the overall effect appearing to be a positive one for users, some of > us will have to just bite the bullet and accept it. > > Al. > > -- > T: @alsutton W:www.funkyandroid.com > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. > > On Aug 12, 8:45 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hopefully people will take a "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of > > the few" view on this :). > > > My experience has been pretty good (my apps show up when you search on > > their name, and apps I'm after appear similarly), but I can understand how > > it might be frustrating for those whose apps have dropped down the list for > > specific keywords. > > > Al. > > -- > > T: @alsutton W:www.funkyandroid.com > > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > > subsidiaries. > > > On 12 Aug 2011, at 08:37, sparky wrote: > > > > The Android Market folks do pay attention to the effects of search > > > algorithm modifications. I hear the stats show generally a net benefit > > > for the users (more installs, less effort) in the time scale that we're > > > discussing. Since we're all users, I assume we agree that's good. :-) > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "Android Discuss" group. > > > To view this discussion on the web > > > visithttps://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/Hz8lDJv2F-UJ. > > > 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.
