On Saturday, September 7, 2013 8:30:20 AM UTC-7, John Coryat wrote: > > I believe the criteria involves having more than one popular application > with a sufficiently high average rating. What "popular" and "sufficiently > high" mean are subject to interpretation. > > -John Coryat >
That's a good thing to start with. I think the interpretation is done by the editorial staff so there is wiggle room. But "popular" is likely to be in the tens of millions, and "more than one" seems to be fairly common, although there are exceptions. A quick perusal of the top charts indicate a high percentage of the Top Free apps are Top Developers, and a smaller percentage of the Top Grossing apps are. I already suspect that a single app with high revenue in a niche market doesn't count for much. I suspect it is a high volume that counts at least to get their attention. High volume apps probably do make a bit of money in one way or another, not all of which are trackable in Google Play. The instructions state: "Top Developer is a badge recognizing established, respected developers for their commitment to launching high-quality and innovative apps on Android. The Google Play editorial staff selects developers awards a Top Developer badge from time to time, based on the cumulative work of the developer." I don't know what "established" means, but I hope they are not looking at my office building in Google Earth. I would say I am respected by some of my customers and disrespected by others. As far as as respect from the Google Play team, I suspect I get some, but not much, because, for example, I only got replies to comments a week or two before everyone got them. High quality could be ratings or error logs. Innovative is subject to interpretation. I wouldn't expect my existing app(s) to get their attention. So I'll just plan on having four apps with 10 million installs each by springtime, and go from there. Nathan -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
