That's disturbing that you dropped 20 positions. I'd been thinking that this problem was happening to everyone or the changes wouldn't be enough to change the rankings much. I hadn't noticed my app dropping in the rankings the last few days, but dropped 3 spots today.
Actually, rereading this thread, John(Radar Now!) said it wasn't happening to his app. Is there anything in common with the apps of those of us affected? Did you guys deploy updates recently? On Dec 21, 10:16 am, Justin Giles <[email protected]> wrote: > Most recent update: +113 downloads, -131 active installs. Numbers just > don't add up. I would not think by chance that this would happen, > consistently over a 4 day period when a months worth of data says that both > the downloads increase as well as the active installs. So far I've lost 16% > points and I've gone down over 20 positions in the popularity list. Is my > application just all of the sudden performing very poorly even though I > consistently get 4 and 5 star reviews? Or is there something going on with > the stats? > > Could anyone with any knowledge about this please respond? > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:01 AM, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > > I noticed a drop as well (at least 10%) but ... the ACTIVE / TOTAL ratio is > > now actually accurate as far as I can tell. > > > Maybe they just adjusted their stats to only count ACTIVE once the user has > > exceeded their refund window and can no longer get a refund? > > > If you have a large volume of sales on a daily basis this would explain > > your totals continuing to increase (and therefore your percentage decreases) > > but the active count stays put until the sales are finalized. > > > Of course, this is just guessing. It would definitely be nice to have an > > official word from the Goog. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > >http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking > > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Greg Donald <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Justin Giles <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Well, after the update over night my active installs didn't decrease at > >> > least. I'm still missing 15% from what I had 3 days ago (and averaged > >> over > >> > a month prior). > > >> At this rate I'll have a zero retention rate in a week, including all > >> the buyers. I find it really difficult to believe everyone who ever > >> bought my app is now suddenly choosing to uninstall it, at a steady > >> rate of a few percent per day. > > >> Is anyone at Google looking into this? > > >> -- > >> Greg Donald > >>http://destiney.com/ > > >> -- > >> 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- 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
