If we compare these Google Maps keywords from the response supplied by B0b:
Keywords: maps, navigation, places, latitude, directions, indoor maps, local search, Street View, traffic, transit with the ones that were considered to be objectionable by Google: *Keywords*: Secret Audio Recorder, Secret Voice Recorder, Spy Recorder, Spy Phone, Hidden Recorder, Hidden Voice Recorder, Hidden Mike, Hidden Michrophone, Background Recorder, Secret CamCorder, Stealth Audio Recorder, Stealth Voice Recording, Audio Recorder, Voice Recorder we might ask (and not just rhetorically) why the latter are viewed by Google as spammy while the former are not. To me, it seems as though each of the above sets of keywords is quite relevant to the app to which it pertains. However, we can see that many words within the "objectionable" set occur in more than one keyword phrase; "Recorder" is repeated nine times, "Hidden" is repeated four times, "Secret," "Audio" and "Voice" are each repeated three times, while "Stealth" and "Spy" each occur twice. To me, that would seem to be the main difference. So, if there is a lesson to be drawn from this, it might be that one should not create multiple permutations of keywords just because it is possible to arrange them into multiple distinct phrases. And that, in turn, suggests that if you have the keywords secret, hidden, spy, audio, voice, and recorder as keywords, and someone searches for Secret Audio Recorder or for Hidden Spy Recorder or some other permutation of those terms, Google will direct that user to your app, even though you do not have the specific phrase that was typed by the searcher. But then we might ask why Google itself includes the phrases indoor maps, local search and Street View. Well, I don't know, but it may have something to do with the frequency with which people actually search for those phrases, as opposed to the individual words. And Google itself can tell you (for the Web) just what those frequencies are. For example: http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=%22local%20search%22%2C%20%22secret%20audio%20recorder%22%2C%20%22secret%20audio%22&cmpt=q So, that might provide some clue at least of how to avoid using keywords that might be flagged as being spammy, even when they appear to be relevant to our apps. On Thursday, August 30, 2012 10:28:48 PM UTC-7, Terry wrote: > > I just received an email from the Google Play Team, starting as follows: > > "This is a notification that your application, Secret Audio Recording > Free, with package ID com.xxxx.sarf, is currently in violation of our > developer terms. > > *REASON FOR WARNING*: Violation of the > spam<https://play.google.com/about/developer-content-policy.html#spam>provisions > of the Content Policy. > > - Do not post repetitive content. > - Product descriptions should not be misleading or loaded with > keywords in an attempt to manipulate ranking or relevancy in the store’s > search results. > > Your application will be removed if you do not make modifications to your > application’s description to bring it into compliance within 7 days" > > I would like to change the product description as fast as possible, but I > DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO CHANGE! > > It would make it simpler if Google could have been more explisit, or that > some examples of such violations could have been listed somewhere, but I > cannot find any. > I guess that many other developers have the same problem understanding > this. > > The app in question is "Secret Audio Recording Free", by terboel. > > I shall appreciate all good advice. > > Regards Terry > > -- 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
