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The article states that the Android Market is much fairer. But from my experience bots are very much alive on the Android market. A competing app was released

The article states that the Android Market is much fairer. But from my experience bots are very much alive on the Android market. A competing app was released within one week of mine late last October. I managed 1000 downloads in a week, he managed 10,000 in far less than that. His Google +1s also went to 381 almost immediately. His current # of Google +1s more than two months later: 389.

EtienneJohnred 15y ago
This indicates absolutely nothing. Maybe the competing app is better than yours. Maybe the developer is better at marketing than you are. While I don't doubt that similar crap is going on in the Android market (likely on a much lesser scale since the stakes are so much lower), you can't simply chalk this particular case to "bots".
alexlin 15y ago
Bots don't exist on Android, but incent PPI does. It doesn't matter about the # of installs he gets because Android takes into account uninstall rates as well as your app ratings. If he's ranked higher than you, he's most likely hitting the factors better than you.
- orbitingpluto 15y ago
  Why are you sure that bots do not exist on Android? The article did not deny their existence. As for that "more holistic" approach, Bots don't usually uninstall apps that they've downloaded. They just get re-instantiated (and possibly reused to further help pad results). Also if PPI was used, a lot of cash was blown to get 10k downloads and 381 Google +1s sandwiched into a manner of hours. That means the developer either has an inside track or lots of cash to blow and no thought to ever seeing a return.
drivebyacct2 15y ago
Which one? https://market.android.com/developer?pub=orbitingPluto https://market.android.com/developer?pub=orbitingPluto Sorry, don't know why this is upsetting to ask...
- orbitingpluto 15y ago
  Gasp. I've been cyberstalked! That'll teach me for using common usernames!

EtienneJohnred 15y ago

This indicates absolutely nothing. Maybe the competing app is better than yours. Maybe the developer is better at marketing than you are. While I don't doubt that similar crap is going on in the Android market (likely on a much lesser scale since the stakes are so much lower), you can't simply chalk this particular case to "bots".

alexlin 15y ago

Bots don't exist on Android, but incent PPI does. It doesn't matter about the # of installs he gets because Android takes into account uninstall rates as well as your app ratings. If he's ranked higher than you, he's most likely hitting the factors better than you.

orbitingpluto 15y ago
Why are you sure that bots do not exist on Android? The article did not deny their existence. As for that "more holistic" approach, Bots don't usually uninstall apps that they've downloaded. They just get re-instantiated (and possibly reused to further help pad results). Also if PPI was used, a lot of cash was blown to get 10k downloads and 381 Google +1s sandwiched into a manner of hours. That means the developer either has an inside track or lots of cash to blow and no thought to ever seeing a return.

drivebyacct2 15y ago

Which one? https://market.android.com/developer?pub=orbitingPluto https://market.android.com/developer?pub=orbitingPluto Sorry, don't know why this is upsetting to ask...

orbitingpluto 15y ago
Gasp. I've been cyberstalked! That'll teach me for using common usernames!