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Really misleading title, and it's the title of the linked article. I don't see a way to parse the actual title to mean the author only saw 70 cents in profit.
by ohyoutravel 10y ago
Really misleading title, and it's the title of the linked article. I don't see a way to parse the actual title to mean the author only saw 70 cents in profit.
- timdierks 10y ago"70 cents [in revenue was enough to] put me on the Mac App Store Charts". No different from "100,000 downloads made me #1 on the list".
- tannerc 10y agoIt's very different than your proposed—albeit much better—alternate headline, as revenue isn't the only driver of store rankings. It appears dollars are a very small measurement for general category rankings (there's a different category for "Top Grossing"), since free apps also rank. Having a headline of "One download was enough to get me to #18 on the app store" is not only clearer, it's also arguably more compelling. FWIW I thought the article was about how the author reached a top rank by paying someone or investing in ads for 70 cents.
- joshuak 10y agoYes I think your title is better. But the charts in question are "Top Paid" and "Top Grossing". So it does seem like a very odd result.