On Jun 28, 5:47 pm, 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.
So that's your ranking on two devices, out of 400+ out in the market. I have good reason to believe that ranking varies by device and by country and will soon vary even more by country. But anyway, by that measure, I have gained two positions while my Active Install % has gone down 8%. Sure hope I don't fall back down when they fix the problem, but I hope they fix the problem nonetheless. >For me, this is my >primary income -- if somebody suddenly lowered your salary and you >were told to take a chill pill, you wouldn't appreciate it too much. No, I didn't. When I last had a day job, corporate did just that, though. Then I found out I didn't have to take the pay cut, because I was being downsized instead. You do realize that selling Android apps is not a salaried position, right? You are running your own business now. I certainly understand protecting your primary income. So if posting your complaints here helps restore the ranking you rightfully deserve, by all means do it, even if you get unwanted advice. I assume you are still working on making your app more awesome or working on the next big thing if that just isn't possible to for it to be any more awesome. I realize Zsolt doesn't want advice, but in case others here could benefit . . . I don't just think that people are obsessing too much with active installs. I think they are obsessing too much with *ranking*. Do we think that our position in a particular category is or should be where we get all our traffic from? For example: michael said: >As a result, the ranking of the app went from a stable 125 to 180+, and I am >>seeing a significant drop in downloads. Are you freaking kidding? So you believe that a significant percentage of your installs came from people who scrolled through 20 screens to find your app, and now you are losing traffic because they aren't willing to scroll through 30 screens? It takes significantly less finger strokes to type in a keyword search than it does to scroll through 20 screens. If downloads are off, I'd check to see if you are coming up in the relevant keyword searches. In fact, you should do that anyway. Why? Well in January, I was number one in the category, and yet I got 20 times as many installs from keyword search as I did from being high in that category. Granted, my category starts with a T, not A or B. But take it for what it is worth. Nathan -- 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
