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It would be good news, free game with IAP doesn't work for me, only relies on Ads revenue now..
If PAID app got promotions, I will try to make more paid apps.
I agree that Apple should have a zero tolerance policy on keywords in app title.
In fact if Apple should just give the words in the app title the same "weight" in terms of SEO that the words in the keyword field get then developers wouldn't keywor…
Any one see big changes? My keywords ranked jumped. But the hourly ranking from applyzer is dropping. Strange. Will wait a few days.
One of my apps got the same situation... strange.
I have been using Greystripe for a while now. I can say that they do support other countries, but as for the fill rate, it is not displayed to the developers. However, Greystripe's eCPM is pretty high, at least for their Interstitials (full screen a…
@raymng one reason is because the app store sorts on one country only. Xyo gives a picture of worldwide demand - not just US.
Thanks for your information!!
:)
@raymng - xyo automatically sorts apps roughly according to download volume.
For example, if you set country to USA and then click on "See All Games", you will get a list of the most highly downloaded games in the US. Perhaps more useful is to set …
@raymng Just another tool to help further evaluate KW volume. When comparing various keywords and choosing between them, xyo monthly downloads is another parameter I will take into account.
It is also useful to find popular apps to optimize for...…
In which case, no you can't do that. The iPad will run the 3.5" version only (when not jailbroken). You'll need a 4" device.
If JB, I can do that?
Please PM me how to.. thanks!
But I followed these steps to check, nothing found.
- Install and launch your app
- Go to Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup > Manage Storage
- If necessary, tap "Show all apps"
- Check your app's storage
@maharshak, not really. I have had two small (unpaid) reviews so far, both from Italian web sites. In terms of download traffic, well I'm not seeing any increase at all.
If anything ... I've dropped in the search rankings and I'm now wondering if …
@raymng Xyo.net shows an estimate of app downloads, based on their own algorithms. If you want to target a particular app name as a keyword, you can get an estimate of the target app's existing download volume.
The estimate seems to be not so acc…
Google Keyword Tool
Google Trends
Google Translate
iTunes (search suggest)
AppStoreRankings.net
Xyo.net
AppTrace.com (top charts)
What is the purpose of Xyo.net?
Thanks.
Hey, few things to note here:
1) Normal users playing games don't see as many interstitials as developers while testing. You can go through 100 in a day, while a user may see just a fraction of that.
2) Your eCPM depends heavily on how well users co…
@scottwb, why don't you consider to use Revmob?
Thanks.
@raymng, we are just porting our apps to Android and have working Chartboost and Playhaven. I want to compare iOS and Android across similar ad platforms first. Once the Android app is settled…
You might also make it more imperative and active:
"Equip your characters with more powerful swords and guns. Remove in-game ads."
That way, the onus is on the player to do or not do. I am also a native English speaker.
But I am going to show this…
We've never been able to figure this out so we just round robin the ads ourselves between Chartboost and Playhaven.
PlayHaven provide better eCPM than RevMob?
Thanks.
I started to worry about Chartboost's fill rate:
http://iphonedevsdk.com/forum/business-legal-app-store/113339-chartboost-fill-rate-and-how-to-supply-alternative-ads.html#latest
It is just a normal prompt with Yes and No button, since I found that if we actively ask users to buy IAP, it would increase the conversion rate. This all-in-one IAP include both Powerup items and Remove Ads.
Thanks!!
You might also make it more imperative and active:
"Equip your characters with more powerful swords and guns. Remove in-game ads."
That way, the onus is on the player to do or not do. I am also a native English speaker.
But I am going to show this…
Seems perfectly fine to me. The only minor way I might re-word it is:
"Would you like to equip your characters with more powerful swords and guns?
Ads will also be removed.
Thanks for your suggestion, may I ask are you a native English speaker? :…
We only use Tapjoy for the inapp offerwall and Tapjoy.com offerwall. Both of those give us very good eCPMs, and revenues streams which don't cannibalize our other ads or IAP.
What is the difference between inapp offerwall and Tapjoy.com offerwall??
We used to use Tapjoy and my understanding is that they are within the Apple T&Cs. Bets check with Tapjoy though.
Your understanding is not quite correct: TapJoy admitted to us during phone conversation that there are chances of problem, but the…
Then why are you asking on a forum? Contact apple or build it and see what happens.
I don't mean I don't believe you, maybe Apple only reject it when someone complaint about it..
eCPM defines how much revenue you get per 1000 impressions, so blocking low eCPM ads and keeping high eCPM ads should raise your average eCPM, which should increase your revenue overall.
HOWEVER, you have a relatively low number of impressions and …
Yeah, that tends to be where the rankings fall when an update occurs. Thats why I was wondering if Apple only takes into account the reviews for that current version.
I think reviews may not help to improve ranking anymore, check this thread:
http:…
So how about those "install to get coins" system? Are they actually allowed by Apple?
Thanks!!
No, they just slipped through.
But there are a lot of games doing this, Tapjoy even provided a SDK to do this, that make me think it is allowed...
Yes, this is allowed as long as you have a "web presence". If this is being done as an "incentive to install apps" which you don't make yourself, then Apple will eventually crack down on that behavior, even if you manage to slip by reviewers initial…
Yes, this is allowed as long as you have a "web presence". If this is being done as an "incentive to install apps" which you don't make yourself, then Apple will eventually crack down on that behavior, even if you manage to slip by reviewers initial…
That's not allowed. That falls under the incentivized install ban.
How about those "install to get coins" system? Are they actually allowed by Apple?
Thanks.
I really hope that they start down ranking unsupported apps in search results too.
I know there is a little bonus for iPhone 5 Optimization but it should be more. There are still a ton of apps that have not been updated in years that are way too hi…
Recently I released the runner game, I used "appstorerankings.net" to so some researches and then picked my keywords, but the result is not good..
It got only 127 downloads yesterday, so I want to ask again, what keywords should I choose for the run…
