By "ranking" we are referring to the position the app appears in your category if you are browsing the Market on the phone or on the web site.
On Jun 29, 1:02 pm, James W <[email protected]> wrote: > What is the ranking that everybody it talking about? I don't see any > ranking statistic on the Market App, or in the Developer Console for > either of my apps. Where do you find the ranking number? > > Is it because they dont have sufficient downloads yet? My free one has > 8000, which admittedly is not huge, but still... > > James > > http://duskjockeys.blogspot.com/ > Home of Photokube Live Wallpaper > > On Jun 29, 8:47 am, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The ranking I see is the same as what the users see as I check it on a > > device I am not a user on. > > > I am very familiar with my ranking and my competitors'. The EXACT > > same apps that hadn't dropped in the ranking the last time this was > > going on (in April/May?) hadn't dropped this time aroundt. Especially > > there is one app that has much fewer installs, much lower rated and > > much newer than mine has now overtaken me. There is no other > > explanation that the ranking systems sees my app as not getting any > > active users and lowers the ranking. Perhaphs there is a secret sauce > > formula based on the color of the icon or something, but I don't > > beleive it -- the simplest explanation (which is usually right) is > > that the lowered install% + having no new users (as far as the Market > > is concerned) effecting the rating. > > > On Jun 29, 8:06 am, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Jun 28, 4:23 pm, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I don't believe this happens to everybody. Everybody who's > > > > complaining about this is also saying that their ranking had dropped. > > > > I haven't seen a single person said that their ranking had gone up > > > > while there install % is stuck. > > > > The key word being "complaining". If ranking had improved, they > > > wouldn't be complaining. > > > > Even if the stuck stats are hitting everyone, they could certainly > > > affect ranking in different ways, based on all the other secret > > > factors. > > > > I'll bite. My install percentage is probably down about 7%. As for > > > ranking, well, are you assuming that the ranking you see is exactly > > > what users see? Because it ain't. My rank in category this month has > > > fluctuated between six different positions, and my rank in category > > > for the last week has also fluctuated between those same six > > > positions. No real change. > > > > If I had up to the minute accurate active install count, I can't > > > figure out how I would run my business differently. (Not that isn't > > > silly that Google can't get it right.) > > > > Nathan- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
