Comments on: Apple Changes App Listing Behavior in AppStore

By: Ortwin Gentz

Ortwin Gentz — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:21:59 +0000

I agree that your solution would improve the App Store quite a bit. It’s probably the single easiest measure with the largest impact for Apple to take.

But it’s just one piece in the puzzle. IMO, the root of the problem is the bad visibility of quality apps. So, in addition to that I propose to

- split Popularity into Sales Rank (based on gross revenues) and Customer Rating and offer sorting on either one
- change the default sort criterion in iTunes and on the device (genre section) to the Sales Rank instead of the Release Date
- Indicate the rating and number of reviews in the listing page in iTunes same as on the device
- offer collaborative filtering or Genius™: “these apps could be interesting for you” based on other customers with similar purchases

Also, to me it looks like the last update date still governs the sort order and not the first release date. see http://twitpic.com/n23e – these apps are not new by far.

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tap tap tap ~ How to prevent the App Store from becoming the Crap Store — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:34:47 +0000

[...] bumping to the front of the queue via overly frequent app updates [...]

By: touchmeme

touchmeme — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:58:07 +0000

Mark,

This is not specific a specific. I think they changed the behavior for all users. It is an interesting move.

By: Zerogate

Zerogate — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:01:28 +0000

Hello,

Nov. 3rd, 2008

Does anyone know why the store is only showing the first 100 apps? I can only “load 25 more” four times from my phone. I have ATT. Is this happening everywhere?

Thanks,

Mark

By: John Jusayan

John Jusayan — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:55:28 +0000

I just noticed something today (Oct 14). On the front page of the Utilities category, Luminaire and Clinometer are both showing Release dates for Oct 14 and Oct 13.

They’re both established apps, so these look like updates. Did something change today?

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MobileApps » Blog Archive » App Store listing order — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:31:56 +0000

[...] of the changes affects the way applications are listed in their category. There’s a good blogpost by Krishna Vegesna which describes the consequences of the previous ordering of the applications. [...]

By: Brendan Duddridge

Brendan Duddridge — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:37:50 +0000

Just to chime in here. I did go into iTunes Connect and reset my publish date. I thought maybe my email to Apple caused them to fix it, but perhaps I really fixed it myself by resetting the availability date. Who knows. But Tap Forms now has a release date of September 28th, 2008 instead of my original upload date of September 16th.

Here’s to hoping that Tap Forms 1.0.1 will get approved soon!

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Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:51:01 +0000

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By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:24:54 +0000

Why not keep those 3 links just fro NEW apps, and install a 4th link JUST for updates.

A LOT of us like a daily browse for apps- and find more like this than a search.

It is also nice to track an apps updates until it gets the features that you desire before purchase.

This new listing has removed all that, it simply needed a seperate filter just for updates.

By: THETA Poker

THETA Poker — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:50:57 +0000

Excellent news! Absolutely perfect timing too, as THETA Poker, the strongest and easiest-to-use Texas Hold ‘Em game for the iPhone, was just released in the App Store. Unfortunately, I don’t see it on the New Apps page yet, although you can search for it.