[android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
On Aug 30, 7:22 pm, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: You are probably right, but the reason I haven't done it yet is because I expect Market comments along the lines of: A widget-only application for some stupid reason appears in the applications list! One star!! Fix ASAP to get a two-star rating! Probably true. However, another option would be to remove your instructional Activity from the Launcher after it runs once; this would hopefully tread the middle ground. String -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
Or you can set your default activity to be CATEGORY_INFO (instead of CATEGORY_LAUNCHER). In this way the app does not appear in the apps list, and if a user presses the Open button in the Market they will get to this activity. I've done this with one of my widgets and never received any bad comments regarding this. YuviDroid On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 8:22 PM, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: 30.08.2010 22:07, TreKing пишет: 2010/8/29 Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com One of my apps received more than the usual number of can't open comments within the last week. I guess the word widget in its title isn't understood for some reason... Do yourself a favor and add a default Activity that shows a message explaining this. It doesn't matter how clearly you explain this in the description - some people still don't get the concept of a widget. You are probably right, but the reason I haven't done it yet is because I expect Market comments along the lines of: A widget-only application for some stupid reason appears in the applications list! One star!! Fix ASAP to get a two-star rating! For now I've included instructions on how to add a widget to the home screen right in the description (those measly 325 characters that have been discussed so much here). Seems to help somewhat. On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 4:04 AM, Fabrizio Giudici fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it wrote: I suppose in the end this kind of social Market features (starts and comments) are just useless. Wouldn't call it useless, as much as flawed. There is value to getting feedback from users and seeing an overall rating for an app for users to determine if it's worth their time. However, with no way to respond to individual comments and no expiration on comments (why is a 1-star rating from a year ago still considered valid?), the system is certainly not as good as it EASILY could be. Very much agreed. I'd really like to see a way to publicly respond to comments, and have responses show up within the same message stream. -- Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.comandroid-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- YuviDroid Check out Launch-X http://android.yuvalsharon.net/launchx.php (a widget to quickly access your favorite apps and contacts!) http://android.yuvalsharon.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 3:30 PM, cyxb cyxb.andr...@gmail.com wrote: A comment like that will cause an avalanche of similar comments. Indeed. I always see negative 1-star comments in pairs, usually followed by decent-minded individuals that insult or counter the negative. 2010/8/29 Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com One of my apps received more than the usual number of can't open comments within the last week. I guess the word widget in its title isn't understood for some reason... Do yourself a favor and add a default Activity that shows a message explaining this. It doesn't matter how clearly you explain this in the description - some people still don't get the concept of a widget. On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 4:04 AM, Fabrizio Giudici fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it wrote: I suppose in the end this kind of social Market features (starts and comments) are just useless. Wouldn't call it useless, as much as flawed. There is value to getting feedback from users and seeing an overall rating for an app for users to determine if it's worth their time. However, with no way to respond to individual comments and no expiration on comments (why is a 1-star rating from a year ago still considered valid?), the system is certainly not as good as it EASILY could be. On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 5:41 AM, Anil anil.r...@gmail.com wrote: I have a suggestion. Make short 1 minute video clips of people using your app and saying why they like it - post these on youtube. People barely read app descriptions - the likelihood of them going to your site and sitting through a 1 minute video is so low it wouldn't be worth the effort, IMO. Though a promotional video in general is a good idea I think. On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 2:32 PM, niko20 nikolatesl...@yahoo.com wrote: A definitive test is to mark a comment as spam, and then see if another user with a device can see the comment or not. Yup, already tried this with a friend. It only goes away for the person marking as spam. As a test, look at Electrum Drum Machine, and tell me what the last two comments (the first two in the list) say. Are any of them spam about free websites? Yup! Though they're not the two latest, the 1st and 5th one down. I assume the first just re-updated recently. I'm not sure why marking as spam would only hide the comment for the current device - there would be little point in that type of functionality. Well it also wouldn't make much sense to automatically remove a spam comment from the Market completely based on one user. Then we'd all mark the 1-star ratings as spam and live happily ever after. One would think that with enough votes a comment would go away completely, but there's nothing to indicate this is the case. - 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 Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
30.08.2010 22:07, TreKing ?: 2010/8/29 Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com mailto:kmans...@gmail.com One of my apps received more than the usual number of can't open comments within the last week. I guess the word widget in its title isn't understood for some reason... Do yourself a favor and add a default Activity that shows a message explaining this. It doesn't matter how clearly you explain this in the description - some people still don't get the concept of a widget. You are probably right, but the reason I haven't done it yet is because I expect Market comments along the lines of: A widget-only application for some stupid reason appears in the applications list! One star!! Fix ASAP to get a two-star rating! For now I've included instructions on how to add a widget to the home screen right in the description (those measly 325 characters that have been discussed so much here). Seems to help somewhat. On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 4:04 AM, Fabrizio Giudici fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it mailto:fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it wrote: I suppose in the end this kind of social Market features (starts and comments) are just useless. Wouldn't call it useless, as much as flawed. There is value to getting feedback from users and seeing an overall rating for an app for users to determine if it's worth their time. However, with no way to respond to individual comments and no expiration on comments (why is a 1-star rating from a year ago still considered valid?), the system is certainly not as good as it EASILY could be. Very much agreed. I'd really like to see a way to publicly respond to comments, and have responses show up within the same message stream. -- Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: You are probably right, but the reason I haven't done it yet is because I expect Market comments along the lines of: A widget-only application for some stupid reason appears in the applications list! One star!! Fix ASAP to get a two-star rating! LMAO. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. It's sad that we have to design our apps around the idea that the people using smart phones are idiots. - 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 Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
One of my apps received more than the usual number of can't open comments within the last week. I guess the word widget in its title isn't understood for some reason -- Kostya Vasilyev -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com 29.08.2010 0:31 пользователь cyxb cyxb.andr...@gmail.com написал: My favorite one-star Market comment: Rate one star if you want the full version to be free!. Or another 1 star classic: Make the full version free cuz my mom won't let me buy it People are like lemmings. A comment like that will cause an avalanche of similar comments. Likewise, a great comment may also trigger other people to post nice comments. I suppose it all evens out in the end, or at least that's what I tell myself. On Aug 28, 12:12 pm, Michael A. michael.aki...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for pointing this out -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 8/28/10 22:30 , cyxb wrote: My favorite one-star Market comment: Rate one star if you want the full version to be free!. Or another 1 star classic: Make the full version free cuz my mom won't let me buy it People are like lemmings. A comment like that will cause an avalanche of similar comments. Likewise, a great comment may also trigger other people to post nice comments. I suppose it all evens out in the end, or at least that's what I tell myself. I suppose in the end this kind of social Market features (starts and comments) are just useless. - -- Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - We make Java work. Everywhere. java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkx6IqgACgkQeDweFqgUGxdhtgCfTk1jurc403AH7jBCKHjrvrWo LGUAoKo5nMIyMBS5sariDvOPgo8wU5OC =yUPX -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
I have a suggestion. Make short 1 minute video clips of people using your app and saying why they like it - post these on youtube. Then have a web page with links to these and also text comments from Market. Try to find balanced comments - all excessively sweet will make people mistrust your effort. To summarize, from the existing crop of comments on Market, find the most useful balanced comments, create your own video clip comments, and in your app description persuade people to go there. Anil On Aug 26, 8:28 am, abowman abow...@gmail.com wrote: I've got an app in the marketplace that has no reported errors in the developer console. The last comment I received basically stated - if the developer isn't going to fix the app everyone should get their money back and the app should be taken off the marketplace. Sales have noticeable dropped ever since that comment was posted. What can I do about this? The app is functioning as it should, but now people see the comment and think that there is something wrong with it. Is there anyway to respond to this false comment besides editing the description of my app? Is there anyway to get the comment removed, since there is nothing wrong with the app? If there was something wrong, I would fix it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 8/29/10 12:41 , Anil wrote: I have a suggestion. Make short 1 minute video clips of people using your app and saying why they like it - post these on youtube. Then have a web page with links to these and also text comments from Market. Try to find balanced comments - all excessively sweet will make people mistrust your effort. To summarize, from the existing crop of comments on Market, find the most useful balanced comments, create your own video clip comments, and in your app description persuade people to go there. Generalizing: don't expect that the Android Market can really help us to promote our apps. We need to do that by ourselves, with websites, youtube videos, what else. We need to attract people in other ways so when they get to the market they have already decided to download our apps, and won't pay much attention to others' comments. - -- Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - We make Java work. Everywhere. java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkx6eUEACgkQeDweFqgUGxf6ygCgjTipKcj1JC8sXv7s6jnES+v/ iDIAn2XT9W6I78sJvX0kqaZUJpIkTjhq =2oxv -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
On Aug 29, 11:04 am, Fabrizio Giudici fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I suppose in the end this kind of social Market features (starts and comments) are just useless. I suppose what irritates a little bit about this is that it shouldn't be useless. Peer review is a powerful for providing useful feedback to users; there are a lot of services where I use this regularly. Limiting users to bite-sized comments, preventing developer feedback and follow-up, and disallowing ratings of comments allow for the rampant abuse of the comment system by developers (cf. the way certain developers build up good ratings), pirates, and spammers = useless comment system. Regards, Michael A. - -- Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - We make Java work. Everywhere. java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/people fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkx6IqgACgkQeDweFqgUGxdhtgCfTk1jurc403AH7jBCKHjrvrWo LGUAoKo5nMIyMBS5sariDvOPgo8wU5OC =yUPX -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
Not being able to respond to a comment in a situation like this, just like with comments caused by lack of knowledge on the user's part is well very painful indeed. -- Kostya Vasilyev -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com 29.08.2010 23:05 пользователь Michael A. michael.aki...@gmail.com написал: On Aug 29, 11:04 am, Fabrizio Giudici fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I suppose in the end this kind of social Market features (starts and comments) are just useles... I suppose what irritates a little bit about this is that it shouldn't be useless. Peer review is a powerful for providing useful feedback to users; there are a lot of services where I use this regularly. Limiting users to bite-sized comments, preventing developer feedback and follow-up, and disallowing ratings of comments allow for the rampant abuse of the comment system by developers (cf. the way certain developers build up good ratings), pirates, and spammers = useless comment system. Regards, Michael A. - -- Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - We make Java work. Everyw... fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG wit... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
Yes it will always show in the dev console, because it's the Market app that filters out the comments that are marked as spam. A definitive test is to mark a comment as spam, and then see if another user with a device can see the comment or not. As a test, look at Electrum Drum Machine, and tell me what the last two comments (the first two in the list) say. Are any of them spam about free websites? On my dev console I see they are, but on my device they do not show up because I've marked them as spam before in the past, so they stay filtered, at least on my devices. This would be a good test to see what the spam filter really does. I'm not sure why marking as spam would only hide the comment for the current device - there would be little point in that type of functionality. Take a gander, TreKing, let me know what you find! -niko20 On Aug 26, 1:47 pm, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Chris Stewart cstewart...@gmail.comwrote: I wouldn't do it just because I'd want to see if it ever changes. I tried with a positive comment just as an experiment. It still shows on the Developer Console, it only gets removed from your device. - 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 Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
Very nice app. Yep. You got free website spam. Why google is moving so slowly to improve the market for both developers and potential users continues to mystify ... It is obvious that market support for communications between end user(s) and the developer is in the best interest of everyone. On Aug 29, 12:32 pm, niko20 nikolatesl...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes it will always show in the dev console, because it's the Market app that filters out the comments that are marked as spam. A definitive test is to mark a comment as spam, and then see if another user with a device can see the comment or not. As a test, look at Electrum Drum Machine, and tell me what the last two comments (the first two in the list) say. Are any of them spam about free websites? On my dev console I see they are, but on my device they do not show up because I've marked them as spam before in the past, so they stay filtered, at least on my devices. This would be a good test to see what the spam filter really does. I'm not sure why marking as spam would only hide the comment for the current device - there would be little point in that type of functionality. Take a gander, TreKing, let me know what you find! -niko20 On Aug 26, 1:47 pm, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Chris Stewart cstewart...@gmail.comwrote: I wouldn't do it just because I'd want to see if it ever changes. I tried with a positive comment just as an experiment. It still shows on the Developer Console, it only gets removed from your device. - 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 Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
Thanks for pointing this out. I hadn't noticed that feature of Androlib before, but this is a great feature. I had an user making repeated comments on my app, and I couldn't quite decide whether he was a legitimate user or an idiot. Checking his history of comments turns up 90% of his comments of the type Eh, Gay, Lame and Sux. Good to have that question sorted out. Regards, Michael A. Yahel wrote: Take a look at this : http://www.androlib.com/android.comment.author.smoke1331-pqEAB.aspx The guys seems to be randomly picking apps and sending this comment :s Good luck. Yahel On 26 août, 14:28, abowman abow...@gmail.com wrote: I've got an app in the marketplace that has no reported errors in the developer console. The last comment I received basically stated - if the developer isn't going to fix the app everyone should get their money back and the app should be taken off the marketplace. Sales have noticeable dropped ever since that comment was posted. What can I do about this? The app is functioning as it should, but now people see the comment and think that there is something wrong with it. Is there anyway to respond to this false comment besides editing the description of my app? Is there anyway to get the comment removed, since there is nothing wrong with the app? If there was something wrong, I would fix it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
My favorite one-star Market comment: Rate one star if you want the full version to be free!. Or another 1 star classic: Make the full version free cuz my mom won't let me buy it People are like lemmings. A comment like that will cause an avalanche of similar comments. Likewise, a great comment may also trigger other people to post nice comments. I suppose it all evens out in the end, or at least that's what I tell myself. On Aug 28, 12:12 pm, Michael A. michael.aki...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for pointing this out. I hadn't noticed that feature of Androlib before, but this is a great feature. I had an user making repeated comments on my app, and I couldn't quite decide whether he was a legitimate user or an idiot. Checking his history of comments turns up 90% of his comments of the type Eh, Gay, Lame and Sux. Good to have that question sorted out. Regards, Michael A. Yahel wrote: Take a look at this : http://www.androlib.com/android.comment.author.smoke1331-pqEAB.aspx The guys seems to be randomly picking apps and sending this comment :s Good luck. Yahel On 26 août, 14:28, abowman abow...@gmail.com wrote: I've got an app in the marketplace that has no reported errors in the developer console. The last comment I received basically stated - if the developer isn't going to fix the app everyone should get their money back and the app should be taken off the marketplace. Sales have noticeable dropped ever since that comment was posted. What can I do about this? The app is functioning as it should, but now people see the comment and think that there is something wrong with it. Is there anyway to respond to this false comment besides editing the description of my app? Is there anyway to get the comment removed, since there is nothing wrong with the app? If there was something wrong, I would fix it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
I suspect that alot of comments... especially on free apps are competitors... not just trolls. I have had people post comments that were entirely untrue about my apps before... in addition, you can never underestimate the stupidity of the average user. I have had some negative comments because the idiot couldn't figure out that there was a menu button on his phone... so they didn't know how to access the features of the app. Another thing that is annoying is this app does not look appealing... what kind of comment is that and why would anyone take the time to make such a comment? Android Workz On Aug 26, 9:50 pm, abowman abow...@gmail.com wrote: The marketplace should allow developers to easily respond to negative feedback the way Ebay allows sellers to respond to negative feedback from buyers. Right now, it is way too easy for a user to sabotage an application. On Aug 26, 3:27 pm, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Doug beafd...@gmail.com wrote: It may just be that Google is collecting enough data to make a strong assertion about what comments are actually spam or unhelpful (since comments != email, we can't just use known patterns). I'd like to give Google the benefit of the doubt on this one. I'd like to as well, but there are apps on the market that have been around for a very long time, that get updated regularly to just show up in the Just In list, rated 2 starts or less, with comments from people stating things like Report this user as spam. I think there are definitely at least a handful of apps for which this holds true (granted, this is an assumption) and yet nothing has been done about them. - 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 Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
Take a look at this : http://www.androlib.com/android.comment.author.smoke1331-pqEAB.aspx The guys seems to be randomly picking apps and sending this comment :s Good luck. Yahel On 26 août, 14:28, abowman abow...@gmail.com wrote: I've got an app in the marketplace that has no reported errors in the developer console. The last comment I received basically stated - if the developer isn't going to fix the app everyone should get their money back and the app should be taken off the marketplace. Sales have noticeable dropped ever since that comment was posted. What can I do about this? The app is functioning as it should, but now people see the comment and think that there is something wrong with it. Is there anyway to respond to this false comment besides editing the description of my app? Is there anyway to get the comment removed, since there is nothing wrong with the app? If there was something wrong, I would fix it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
On 26 August 2010 16:25, Yahel kaye...@gmail.com wrote: Take a look at this : http://www.androlib.com/android.comment.author.smoke1331-pqEAB.aspx The guys seems to be randomly picking apps and sending this comment :s There're idiots everywhere, especially in anonymous community. You can send comment removal request to google via Contacting Us - Android Market Developers: Publishers Merchants form. They may help -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
It's a tough situation. On one hand, comments like that may actually be
truthful and useful to future users. But in some cases, such as the person
mentioned above, it's just flat out useless and wrong. I'm not sure there's
any easy answer or even an easy proposal to be offered to Google to correct
it.
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On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:29 AM, { Devdroid } webnet.andr...@gmail.comwrote:
On 26 August 2010 16:25, Yahel kaye...@gmail.com wrote:
Take a look at this :
http://www.androlib.com/android.comment.author.smoke1331-pqEAB.aspx
The guys seems to be randomly picking apps and sending this comment :s
There're idiots everywhere, especially in anonymous community. You can
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[android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
Long press and mark the comment as spam
On Aug 26, 10:51 am, Chris Stewart cstewart...@gmail.com wrote:
It's a tough situation. On one hand, comments like that may actually be
truthful and useful to future users. But in some cases, such as the person
mentioned above, it's just flat out useless and wrong. I'm not sure there's
any easy answer or even an easy proposal to be offered to Google to correct
it.
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On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:29 AM, { Devdroid }
webnet.andr...@gmail.comwrote:
On 26 August 2010 16:25, Yahel kaye...@gmail.com wrote:
Take a look at this :
http://www.androlib.com/android.comment.author.smoke1331-pqEAB.aspx
The guys seems to be randomly picking apps and sending this comment :s
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Re: [android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:46 AM, niko20 nikolatesl...@yahoo.com wrote: Long press and mark the comment as spam Note that all that really does is hide it from your own view. It does nothing to get it removed from the Market completely. - 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 Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
On 26 August 2010 18:51, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:46 AM, niko20 nikolatesl...@yahoo.com wrote: Long press and mark the comment as spam If would hide it from your sight only. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
As others have said, it's not overly effective. I wouldn't do it just
because I'd want to see if it ever changes.
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On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:46 PM, niko20 nikolatesl...@yahoo.com wrote:
Long press and mark the comment as spam
On Aug 26, 10:51 am, Chris Stewart cstewart...@gmail.com wrote:
It's a tough situation. On one hand, comments like that may actually be
truthful and useful to future users. But in some cases, such as the
person
mentioned above, it's just flat out useless and wrong. I'm not sure
there's
any easy answer or even an easy proposal to be offered to Google to
correct
it.
--
Chris Stewarthttp://chriswstewart.com
Fantasy Football
http://chriswstewart.com/android-applications/fantasy-football/-
Android app for MFL fantasy football owners
Fantasy Football
Insider
http://chriswstewart.com/android-applications/fantasy-football-insider/-
Android app for all fantasy football fanatics
Social Updater
http://chriswstewart.com/android-applications/social-updater/-
An easy way to send your status blast to multiple social networks
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:29 AM, { Devdroid } webnet.andr...@gmail.com
wrote:
On 26 August 2010 16:25, Yahel kaye...@gmail.com wrote:
Take a look at this :
http://www.androlib.com/android.comment.author.smoke1331-pqEAB.aspx
The guys seems to be randomly picking apps and sending this comment
:s
There're idiots everywhere, especially in anonymous community. You
can
send comment removal request to google via Contacting Us -
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Re: [android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Chris Stewart cstewart...@gmail.comwrote: I wouldn't do it just because I'd want to see if it ever changes. I tried with a positive comment just as an experiment. It still shows on the Developer Console, it only gets removed from your device. - 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 Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
Empirically speaking, that seems to be true. But we also know that spam filters need lots of data to work with to be effective. It may just be that Google is collecting enough data to make a strong assertion about what comments are actually spam or unhelpful (since comments != email, we can't just use known patterns). I'd like to give Google the benefit of the doubt on this one. Doug -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Doug beafd...@gmail.com wrote: It may just be that Google is collecting enough data to make a strong assertion about what comments are actually spam or unhelpful (since comments != email, we can't just use known patterns). I'd like to give Google the benefit of the doubt on this one. I'd like to as well, but there are apps on the market that have been around for a very long time, that get updated regularly to just show up in the Just In list, rated 2 starts or less, with comments from people stating things like Report this user as spam. I think there are definitely at least a handful of apps for which this holds true (granted, this is an assumption) and yet nothing has been done about them. - 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 Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
[android-developers] Re: Negative comment causing drop in sales
The marketplace should allow developers to easily respond to negative feedback the way Ebay allows sellers to respond to negative feedback from buyers. Right now, it is way too easy for a user to sabotage an application. On Aug 26, 3:27 pm, TreKing treking...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Doug beafd...@gmail.com wrote: It may just be that Google is collecting enough data to make a strong assertion about what comments are actually spam or unhelpful (since comments != email, we can't just use known patterns). I'd like to give Google the benefit of the doubt on this one. I'd like to as well, but there are apps on the market that have been around for a very long time, that get updated regularly to just show up in the Just In list, rated 2 starts or less, with comments from people stating things like Report this user as spam. I think there are definitely at least a handful of apps for which this holds true (granted, this is an assumption) and yet nothing has been done about them. - 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 Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
