Thanks Jacob and it's good to have someone confirm my thoughts. All the best,
Simon On 31 Mar 2010, at 08:12, Jacob Gorban wrote: > I wouldn't bother wasting my time on these other sites. > Most of them are almost scam (like Andy probably wrote) and they > hardly bring any value especially to Mac developers. > Claiming your application might only give them excuse to email you > even more. > I've had to setup a filter to trash all the email that started to > come from brotherdownloads.com (I think) with some unsolicited > downloads summary, without even registering an account there. > > Jacob Gorban ([email protected]) > Twitter: apparentsoft > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/apparentsoft > http://www.apparentsoft.com > > > > On Mar 31, 2010, at 9:54 , Simon Wolf wrote: > >> I submitted my first publicly available Mac application to a couple >> of sites (MacUpdate and iUseThis) recently and have started >> receiving the inevitable 'Your software has been approved...' and >> ''Your software has been awarded a 5 star rating...' emails from >> several other sites. I remember Andy Bryce (I think.. forgive me if >> I'm mis-remembering) talking about how useless and pointless these >> are but some of them include 'Claim ownership' links. Is it worth >> doing this or should I follow my gut feeling and just delete the >> emails? >> >> Simon Wolf >> Otter Software Ltd. >> >> m. +44 (0) 7776 181969 >> e. [email protected] >> w. http://www.ottersoftware.com >> >> twitter: sgaw >> skype: simon.wolf >> iChat: [email protected] >> >> Registered in England, No. 6796967 >> Registered Office: Lily Cottage • Alhampton • Shepton Mallet • >> Somerset • BA4 6PY • United Kingdom >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> MacSB email guidelines: http://tinyurl.com/2g55d6 >> Use MacSB-Talk for off topic messages: >> http://groups.google.com/group/macsb-talk >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------ > > MacSB email guidelines: http://tinyurl.com/2g55d6 > Use MacSB-Talk for off topic messages: > http://groups.google.com/group/macsb-talk > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------------------ MacSB email guidelines: http://tinyurl.com/2g55d6 Use MacSB-Talk for off topic messages: http://groups.google.com/group/macsb-talk Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macsb/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/macsb/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
