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Apple’s App Store Rankings Algorithm Changed
- jliptzin 13y agoI never understood why they let this behavior go on for so long in the first place.
- coldcode 13y agoFiksu, quoted in the article, is also in the business of pay for position. We tried them once and all the downloads came from Egypt, China and similar places but none of the users actually used the app. It did artificially boost the ranking but only as long as you keep paying. I hope Apple stops these type of folks.
- awjr 13y agoThere is an immense amount of redundant 'crap' in app stores and I really wish they would get away from boasting about how many apps are in the app store. I do wonder if the solution is to 'wrap' the app inside a container that reports some sort of user id/app id hash back to the store when it is fired up.
- nsxwolf 13y agoPay for downloads was shady, but what do the little guys have left now?
- threeseed 13y agoMaking a great app. Are you implying that it is impossible to do that anymore and be successful ?
- zulfishah 13y agoJust to add to the "anecdotal" evidence: I watch App Store rankings for my app like a hawk, and aside from the comment about rankings not changing as often, maybe once in 2-3 hours, I haven't noticed any other changes. My app is rated very highly (4.5 for most recent version), and it's ranking inside Business category is consistent with revenue as before. Haven't noticed anything different.
- nasalgoat 13y agoOur app, which is also highly rated, jumped significantly while our lower-rated competition dropped. I think this is a good move - it will make everyone work harder to make a better quality product.
- gyardley 13y agoBad for the 'buy downloads' industry, good for the 'buy reviews' industry. Of course, since you have to download an app in order to review it, the 'buy downloads' industry and 'buy reviews' industry are one and the same.