Once again, Google is a for-profit, publicly listed business, not a charity.
Why should they spend the time and effort to help out small developers over big ones? Yes, the old "New" section is sorely missed, but I am sure if the new "Top new" must be more profitable for Google. You have to realize that Google has some of the world's smartest people working for them, and a decision like that is not taken blindly. On Feb 14, 9:10 am, Jim Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 06:34:07PM -0500, Mark Murphy wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Jim Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you do not have a focused, targeted audience with a clear idea of > > how you are going to promote your app to that audience, you should not > > have bothered writing the app in the first place, unless writing Java > > code is your idea of a fun evening. > > If you do not have the budget for doing said targetd advertising (my > interpretation), does that mean you're hosed from day one, and should > just quit trying? > > >> Aside from that, though, you're right...if you don't have the advertising > >> budget, can't get it reviewed (I have *NO* idea what it takes to get that > >> done), and the new app announcement forums don't get you anywhere, your > >> apps will go unnoticed (like my more recent ones have) and, if it's a > >> paid app that you've spent a lot of time on, well, you probably wasted > >> that time. > > > I have been saying FOR YEARS that developers should not be focused on > > promoting apps via the Android Market, as it is merely a catalog. > > Are you agreeing with me on the above? Or did I somehow imply that I was > referring to promoting my app on the android market? (I really don't > know how to read that.) > > > I have been saying FOR YEARS that developers seeking income need the > > same sort of business plans as do any other entrepreneurs, and that > > paid apps are merely one (lousy, overused, etc.) business model out of > > many. > > I'm just an out of work (permanently, thanks to cancer #1) network > engineer / intelligence systems analyst who doesn't have the first > hint of business education just trying to supplement my disability > income. Is that wrong? > > > >?Yeah, it sucks...massively. > > > No more than does opening a dry cleaners or a Quik-E-Mart. > > Except for one thing: at least the dry cleaners or quick rip are > visible. People walking or driving down the street can actually SEE > them without having to search for them. Or was that point lost > somewhere? > > > Or do you think that app developers are somehow immune to the real > > world that affects entrepreneurs in all other lines of business? > > Please point out where I said that. Seriously. Point it out. > > >> And from what I've heard, that was the intention behind google's doing > >> that---to limit the Market to the major devs (no indies) with massive > >> budgets. > > > Citation, please. > > Make that plural...and I don't have any. It's just what I've been > reading a lot (not so much in this forum, though) since before > "Just In" went away, and more after it vanished. But if you think > I kept a record of every list/forum and every specific conversation > where I heard that, well, sorry to disappoint you...I didn't. > > As to whether or not that really IS googles intention or just a common > perception is irrelevant, IMHO, as the impact is the same---if your app > doesn't immediately get a LOT of downloads, it vanishes, whereas before, > it at least had a reasonable period of being visible in its own section > of the market (set aside for new apps). Granted, that section was > misused...but it's the MISUSE that should have been done away with, not > the whole section...again, IMHO. One of my apps, posted shortly after > the change, was visible for an hour or so...until the market refreshed, > and then it was gone...no longer visible unless you searched for it. > How is this supposed to be a good thing? Before, people (again, based > on comments I've read over and over) actually strolled throuhg "Just In" > looking for new stuff. I know I did (past tense, of course). > > So, one final question: where do users go NOW to see ALL (not just the > "Top" of the latest---and maybe/maybe not the greatest) new apps on the > market? Hmmm? Where? What are the search keywords for that? (And yes, > I am expecting an actual answer to that.) > > Later, > --jim > > -- > THE SCORE: ME: 2 CANCER: 0 > 73 DE N5IAL (/4) MiSTie #49997 < Running FreeBSD 7.0 > > [email protected] ICBM/Hurricane: 30.44406N 86.59909W > > "'Wrong' is one of those concepts that depends on witnesses." > --Catbert: Evil Director of Human Resources (Dilbert, 05Nov09) > > Android Apps Listing athttp://www.jstrack.org/barcodes.html -- 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
