Also, app markets have (unfortunately) become a numbers game in the eyes of the public. It's important for Google to be able to say they have 150,000 (or whatever) apps in the Market; clearing the dregs would drop that number considerably, probably by an order of magnitude. Although this would probably be a better situation, for both devs and users, it's a net loss on the mindshare front. And that's not unimportant to the decision makers.
String On Oct 7, 3:33 am, Brad Gies <rbg...@gmail.com> wrote: > The market does this by default already.... > > They only have roughly 22 categories, and there are 70,000 apps... which > means roughly 3,000 apps per category, and they only show 800... > > If your app is in the bottom half of your category... it's effectively > not there :). > > Not to say the Market works well at all.... but in this case it's > filtering out the worst of the worst by default :). > > But, as long as the Market is the only game in town, it's probably not > possible for Google to filter it because they are effectively a monopoly > and not allowing any app would be a PR nightmare. Apple doesn't really > have the same problem because they are not even trying to claim any kind > of openness. > > Sincerely, > > Brad Gies > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bistro Bot - Bistro > Blurbhttp://bgies.comhttp://bistroblurb.comhttp://ihottonight.comhttp://forcethetruth.com > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Everything in moderation, including abstinence > > Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can > change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has - Margaret Mead > > On 06/10/2010 1:08 PM, Kumar Bibek wrote: > > > > > Agree, but before removing such an app, Google should atleast intimate > > the dev the reason, else, it won't be fair for the developer. And for > > this, someone will definitely have to checkout the app in person, > > before taking it down. > > > Also, if Google wishes to include such a condition in Terms and > > Conditions, say for example, if you app has 2000 downloads with avg > > rating of 1.5 stars, your app will be automatically removed, I am not > > sure, if all the devs would like this. > > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:33 AM, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com > > <mailto:treking...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Kumar Bibek <coomar....@gmail.com > > <mailto:coomar....@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > Yep, but this might not be a fool proof method. Say, a > > competitor dev can easily go and mark a new entrant as spam, > > and leave negative comments. 15-20 such comments and spam > > flags would obviously be a disadvantage for the new app. > > > Of course, but in my mind it would take a considerable amount of > > "votes" to get one ejected - certainly more than 15-20, which > > still would require a dedicated effort by either a lot of > > individual competitors or a single company instructing their > > employees to use such tactics, which one would hope is the > > exception, not the norm. > > > And of course there would be other criteria. For example, if one > > developer has 200+ apps, with an average rating of 2 stars and > > each app has been flagged as spam at least 100 unique times over > > the course of time, it's fair to assume they're worthless spammers. > > > I'm sure some clever Google Engineer could come up with a fairly > > reliable algorithm for Market spam detection. > > A "20% time project", perhaps? > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------- > > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - > > Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > android-developers@googlegroups.com > > <mailto:android-developers@googlegroups.com> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > <mailto:android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > Kumar Bibek > >http://techdroid.kbeanie.com > >http://www.kbeanie.com > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
