I've noticed a lot of developers update their apps every dozen or so days just to keep at the top of the "just in" tab. While this might seem like a good idea for a totally unknown app, if you've gotten any traction at all in the market, say below the magic #750 in overall popularity, it could actually be a way to reduce your popularity position.
>From what I've seen, there are two important stats that seem to run the popularity numbers in the market, installed base and retention percentage. When you've driven your app to the top of the "just in" tab, many times users who might not really be interested in your app will download it to give it a try, also it will attract developers who are looking at the competition. On average a lot more of these downloads will be uninstalled, as the user wasn't really interested in doing anything but taking a peek. This will lower the app's retention percentage by a large margin. On the other hand, if your app is actually worth keeping and is found by someone looking for what it does, the retention percentage will be much higher and this will cause your app to rise in popularity. Just something to think about for those that are constantly doing this, you may be sabotaging yourself in your zeal to gain download numbers. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en.
