[android-developers] Re: More Market questions

Just a comment on the "quality" of the comments:

In my (liimted) experience, it appears to be quite cultural. U.S.
buyers seems to either leave glowing comments or really negative
comments.

But users from other countries, Russia and Brazil to come to mind,
seem to be generally more constructive in their commenting and overall
feedback. It's pretty hard to get a 5-star from a Russian guy. For
example, in my app: overall out of 598 star ratings, I have 477 5-
stars, which is 80%, but if I counted the Russian ratings, my guess is
that it would be no more than 50-60% 5-stars. But on the other
hand, I don't remember getting a 1-star from a Russian user either, so
it goes both ways.

On Jul 4, 3:13 am, Marcin Orlowski <webnet.andr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 3, 2011 4:08 PM, "Spooky" <spooky1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Sorry for this...more Market questions.
>
> > 1) Is the download count that users see in the Market app based
> >   on total installs, or active installs?
>
> looks like total
>
> > 2) If it's based on active installs, and given that active
> >   install counts are still broken (showed zero for a while when
> >   I had confirmed that at least one user has definitely not
> >   uninstalled), how does anyone maintain a consistent number?
> >   Or do they?  Statistics on active installs also show no
> >   installs from India, which means it's missed at least one....
> >   (Yes, I've already been told that the statistics are basically
> >   useless...still curious how all of this is SUPPOSED to work.)
> >   :-)
>
> it's updated with some sort of delay.
>
> > 3) Here's a big one:  in individual categories/subcategories (in
> >   my case, Apps/Photography), how many installs (or would that
> >   be active installs) does an app need to survive?
>
> 0
>
> > 4) Same question, except regarding the number of ratings/comments,
> >   not installs.
>
> 0
>
> > 5) If there is such a number, and an app falls below it, is there
> >   a way to revive it, re-publish it in the Market, etc.?  Or is
> >   it just dead?
>
> it stays (most likely) forever, unless you unpublish it (or google remove it
> for any tos violation).
>
> > 6) Am I correct in my assessment that most users only leave
> >   comments when they're either very satisfied or very
> >   disssatisfied?  (i.e., far fewer comments from users who fit
> >   between those two)
>
> i do not see any sane pattern in my case. "Great app" acompanied with just 3
> stars is one example.
>
> > 7) And finally, is there a way to view what the user sees on
> >   their device in the Market for my app via a web page?  Or do
> >   I only have the developer's console?
>
> the see the same you see on your device.

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