Apple did purchase Chomp [1] to help with their app store search, since that (relatively recent) purchase they've changed their search and ranking algorithm at

Apple did purchase Chomp [1] to help with their app store search, since that (relatively recent) purchase they've changed their search and ranking algorithm at least twice [2] to generally positive response. 1 - http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/23/apple-chomp/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/23/apple-chomp/ 2 - http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/29/looks-like-apple-has-changed-its-app-store-algorithm-again/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/29/looks-like-apple-has-change...