When orkut was just opening the directory I waited weeks, but I've submitted another app one week ago and it was approved within six hours! So I'm with a good impression, as it suggests they are doing a good work now.
On Aug 21, 1:15 am, Viveka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting. In my experience Hi5 is the worst. Both Orkut and > Facebook are good. Never tried with myspace or ning though. Hi5 > approved my app after long struggle. Those guys keep rejecting my app > with the message "you display ads in the profile" whereas I didn't > have ads even in the canvas view. Anyway, I had to jump many hoops to > get it approved. Once it was approved, the app was not even shown in > the "Most recent" category. The app was hidden in some corner, users > could never find it. According to Hi5 product manager, they have bug > in showing the apps in "Most recent". Could be a simple bug, but they > take months to fix the "simple" bug. > > Why Hi5 approves the apps in short time? Because they don't get many > apps in the first place compared to the number of apps requests in > Orkut. I see many active users in Orkut compared to Hi5. Facebook is > lot better if your focus is only on U.S. market. If you develop > something for Indian audience, Orkut is the best. > > On Aug 20, 12:28 pm, Corners <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have created applications for Orkut, Facebook, Hi5, MySpace and Ning > > so far. Will be doing a friendster and bebo next week. > > > Facebook and Hi5 are the most application creator friendly platforms. > > Amongst the open-social platforms, Hi5 is most professional. They have > > a fixed set of guidelines. If your app follows these guidelines, it is > > approved within a day sometimes. If not, you are promptly notified. > > MySpace is highly buggy (still) - if you work around these bugs, they > > are quite professional in responding and approving applications. > > > Orkut is the most frustrating amongst these platforms. They take > > almost a week to inform you the reason why your app cannot be > > approved. For some of my apps, there has been no response even after 3 > > weeks of submitting the application. Sometimes the response borders on > > the ludicrous trying to advise on what content is good for your > > applcication. > > > I hope the orkut team is reading this and will ensure a professional > > process of application approval. A bad application will be rejected by > > the users, so Orkut does not have to work extra hard trying to > > prejudge whether the app is good or bad. I guess a simple set of > > guidelines and ensuring that there is no objectionable content is what > > orkut should focus on. > > > my 2 cents. > > Sanjeev > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Orkut Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to opensocial-orkut@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
