I currently have 1 free app and 1 paid app. The free install % stayed consistent, but the paid app jumped from 36 to 69% install overnight.
On Apr 23, 10:05 am, Mariano Kamp <mariano.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > 25% to 36%, so a 40% increase (or 11 percent points). > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Mattaku Betsujin < > > mattaku.betsu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Did you active installs jump from 6% to 36%, or 36% to 66%? > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 4:28 AM, Mariano Kamp <mariano.k...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >> Yeah, so your understanding of active install is guesswork, like > >> everybody's else. > >> Oh as we are just guessing away, I have a guess to add on my own ;-) > > >> Downloads doesn't mean downloads (which would include downloads of every > >> new release), but the number of devices this app has ever seen over it's > >> lifetime (all releases). > > >> But it doesn't really matter. Those observations lead to nothing as the > >> numbers just don't add up. > >> In my case the app is out since the beginning of January and I have 36% > >> active installs? That would mean that only two thirds of the people trying > >> out my app have uninstalled it. That's highly unlikely. > > >> It would be so great to have official documentation that explains those > >> numbers and their accuracy. > > >> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Incognito <androind...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > >>> Ok my mistake. I now what active install means because I have two apps > >>> in the market and it's behaviour is just as I described. > > >>> On Apr 23, 2009, at 4:14 AM, Mariano Kamp <mariano.k...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > > >>> It all looks like one big magic show! > >>> Incognito, the number of active installations jumped by 30%, not to 30%, > >>> ok? > >>> Where do you get your knowledge about what "active installations" really > >>> is? Guessing of what the words might mean or hard evidence / Google's > >>> official explanation (yeah, I am new here and also believe in Santa)? > > >>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Mattaku Betsujin > >>> <<mattaku.betsu...@gmail.com> > >>> mattaku.betsu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>> My app's active install jumped from 3618 to 6953, while the total > >>>> download increased only about 100. I can't imagine that all a sudden 3000 > >>>> users who previously have uninstalled my app decide to reinstall it on > >>>> the > >>>> same day. > > >>>> Something is very fishy. > > >>>> My guess is that Google doesn't really know who has actively installed > >>>> what app. So when the numbers seems to low, they randomly add some back > >>>> to > >>>> make everybody happy. > > >>>> What is really bad about this is the "active install" is used in the > >>>> market ranking algorithm. So on the days of "active install tax refund", > >>>> you'd see the rankings get a big shake down. Well, this time it moved my > >>>> app > >>>> up by 6 places, so I guess I shouldn't be complaining .... > > >>>> ... but I don't think this is right. > > >>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Incognito < <androind...@yahoo.com> > >>>> androind...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >>>>> Actual number of devices that currently have your application > >>>>> installed. 30% means that of your total downloads only 30% are > >>>>> installed. > > >>>>> On Apr 23, 2009, at 1:13 AM, Mariano Kamp < <mariano.k...@gmail.com> > >>>>> mariano.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>>> And again. > >>>>> From yesterday evening to this morning the number of active installs of > >>>>> my app jumped by 30% while the number of downloads stayed constant. > > >>>>> It gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling when those numbers change at will > >>>>> and without any explanation. It could be worse they could drop. > > >>>>> I have total trust in these numbers! > > >>>>> On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Mariano Kamp > >>>>> <<mariano.k...@gmail.com><mariano.k...@gmail.com> > >>>>> mariano.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>> I was always wondering what that number is about. My assumption was > >>>>>> that this is the number of people who have my app installed. And the > >>>>>> percentage shows the relation to the downloads. > > >>>>>> Wouldn't that mean that the percentage will get lower with each > >>>>>> update as the number of users stay the same, but the app is > >>>>>> (re-)downloaded. > >>>>>> Or are the redownloads not counted? > > >>>>>> From about 6 hours ago to right now the active install percentage of > >>>>>> my app jumped from 23% to 31%. I am wondering why that is? The number > >>>>>> of > >>>>>> downloads didn't change all that much, for the sake of this argument is > >>>>>> stayed constant. > > >>>>>> Cheers, > >>>>>> Mariano --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to android-discuss@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
