There could be all sorts of reasons for this. For example, google may be increasing the visibility on the app based on user comment activity and detail views, so even a lot of 'This sucks' comments helps it out. Do these crapps with better visibility have a lot more comments?
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Kaj Bjurman <kaj.bjur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Probably not, I updated my application less than 1 week ago, and had > another release a month prior to that. > > > On 16 Juli, 10:16, Mark Carter <mjc1...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > (Also, apologies for continuing the tangential discussion) > > > > Same thing happening to one of my apps. Even though the download count > > is increasing healthily (and a 4.5 rating), I think its because I > > haven't updated it for a couple of months. > > > > Could that be it? > > > > On Jul 16, 8:41 am, Kaj Bjurman <kaj.bjur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > (Sorry for the hijacking) > > > > > I don't agree at all. I don't have a clue on how Google apply their > > > sorting, but the result is neither sorted by rating nor downloads. I > > > got an app with 4.39 in rating, and about 77000 downloads. > > > > > I now did a market search of parts of my application name, and my > > > application came rather low in that search, and there were many apps > > > with a rating of 2-4 and much fewer downloads that had a higher > > > ranking, and didn't even contain my search criteria in the name. > > > > > I think Market search sucks big time. > > > > > On 15 Juli, 23:53, Greg Donald <gdon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 3:39 PM, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Your definition of "filter" confuses me. > > > > > > I apologize for the confusion. I meant it in the sense of "sorting" > > > > more than filtering. Low quality Android apps appear near the bottom > > > > of the lists while higher quality apps appear closer to the top. The > > > > filtering occurs when the user gets tired of scrolling down. > > > > > > -- > > > > Greg Donald > > > > destiney.com | gregdonald.com > > -- > 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<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Shane Isbell (Founder of ZappMarket) http://apps.facebook.com/zappmarket/ -- 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
