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It's not a great name for search though. I couldn't find it on Google, and it's nowhere near the top in App Store search. It's possible it'll get better as th
by Splines 15y ago
It's not a great name for search though. I couldn't find it on Google, and it's nowhere near the top in App Store search.
It's possible it'll get better as the name gains popularity, but telling someone "Search for 'Pocket'" isn't going to work right now.
- webwright 15y agoIt will be. Ranking in Google is based on links. In a few weeks tens of thousands of sites will be linking the word "pocket" to that site and they'll be the top result in no time. Surprisingly, there is already a really popular Android App called pocket ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.citc.wallet&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.citc.walle... ), but with the traction of ReadItLater, I imagine they'll beat it out in no time.
- ajross 15y agoIt's number 14 on a search for "Pocket" on the Android market, well off the first page (I see 8 rows on my phone). Not awful (I found what I was looking for, after all), but not great. Note also that they couldn't get pocket.com
- there 15y agoIt doesn't seem to take long for products-named-after-common-words to rank high on Google (though search in the Play store has always been horrible). Case in point: my Pushover app/service was released about a month ago and is on the first page of Google results for "pushover", despite there being a game and movie of the same name.
- SupermanScott 15y agoI pretty sure that is Search Plus Your World customizing the results for you. pushover.net is number 10 when I search in an incognito window.
- there 15y agoI didn't say it was number 1, I said it was on the first page.