Re: [android-developers] Is there a best (or worst) time to release apps?

2011-08-08 Thread rich friedel
Sir, I am sorry that you feel as if I "took a swipe" at you personally as you mentioned in another post. I was merely saying that this subject (Android Marketplace usage research) was probably better asked on the Android Marketplace groups forum. I still feel that way. If others do not or choos

Re: [android-developers] Is there a best (or worst) time to release apps?

2011-08-07 Thread Jim Graham
On Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 09:42:09PM +0900, Nikolay Elenkov wrote: > On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Jim Graham wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 08:17:14PM +0900, Nikolay Elenkov wrote: > AFAIK, 'Top Free/Paid' is a list of the apps released (not sure if updates) > count in the last 30 days, sort

Re: [android-developers] Is there a best (or worst) time to release apps?

2011-08-07 Thread Nikolay Elenkov
On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Jim Graham wrote: > On Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 08:17:14PM +0900, Nikolay Elenkov wrote: > > Scroll the list of Paid, Free, etc., to the right and you'll see Top New > Paid and Top New Free (which is really all new paid and all new free, not > just the top x%).  Basical

Re: [android-developers] Is there a best (or worst) time to release apps?

2011-08-07 Thread Kostya Vasilyev
It's also a good idea to check this page before releasing an update: http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/developer/bin/static.py?page=known_issues.cs -- Kostya 2011/8/7 Jim Graham : > On Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 08:17:14PM +0900, Nikolay Elenkov wrote: > >> However, since there is no more a

Re: [android-developers] Is there a best (or worst) time to release apps?

2011-08-07 Thread Jim Graham
On Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 08:17:14PM +0900, Nikolay Elenkov wrote: > However, since there is no more a 'Just In' category (bucket?), it's > not clear where your app will be shown. Actually, there is. It's just hidden so you can't find it. I found out when I was seeing a force close on the Market

Re: [android-developers] Is there a best (or worst) time to release apps?

2011-08-07 Thread Nikolay Elenkov
On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Nikolay Elenkov wrote: > On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Mark Murphy wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Jim Graham wrote: >>> So basically, your answer is that there is no best timethat there >>> is always someone around somewhere, and weekends vs weeke

Re: [android-developers] Is there a best (or worst) time to release apps?

2011-08-07 Thread Nikolay Elenkov
On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Mark Murphy wrote: > On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Jim Graham wrote: >> So basically, your answer is that there is no best timethat there >> is always someone around somewhere, and weekends vs weekends vs holidays >> become irrelevant?  Or did I read your res

Re: [android-developers] Is there a best (or worst) time to release apps?

2011-08-07 Thread Mark Murphy
On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Jim Graham wrote: > So basically, your answer is that there is no best timethat there > is always someone around somewhere, and weekends vs weekends vs holidays > become irrelevant?  Or did I read your response incorrectly? I'll be stunned if anyone has done a

Re: [android-developers] Is there a best (or worst) time to release apps?

2011-08-06 Thread Jim Graham
On Sat, Aug 06, 2011 at 05:32:09PM -0700, rich friedel wrote: > That would be more a market question... Of which there are rather a lot in this group. Do you respond to them in the same way? I've never noticed, if you have. So basically, your answer is that there is no best timethat the

[android-developers] Is there a best (or worst) time to release apps?

2011-08-06 Thread rich friedel
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[android-developers] Is there a best (or worst) time to release apps?

2011-08-06 Thread Jim Graham
Specifically, is it, for example, better to release an app on a weekday, as opposed to over a weekend, or on a holiday, etc.? I'm just wondering if there are typically drops in sales over weekends, on holidays, when major sporting events are on, and so on, or, is it more or less even across the bo