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Android Passes iOS in Mobile Ad Revenues
Posted on May 18th, 2015
The mobile revenue share continues to trend toward Android. Last year, Android passed iOS in share of mobile ad impressions, or ad traffic. According to Opera Software's latest "State of Mobile Advertising"
Apple Analytics Deeper Dive
Posted on May 14th, 2015
After a week of playing around with the data presented in Apple's new Analytics module - thought it was time to take a deeper dive and share some screenshots. When you login to Apple App Analytics, you are presented with all of your apps, and their
The Mobile Majority
Posted on May 8th, 2015
In a report published April 29th from Pew Research, "State of News Media 2015", the impact of mobile was obvious in just about every media source, type and niche.
Apple Analytics Have Arrived
Posted on May 6th, 2015
Last week Apple started sending invites to beta test their Apple Analytics module they had announced all the way back at their worldwide developers conference in summer, 2014.
App Title Length and ASO
Posted on April 29th, 2015
What is the impact of mobile app name length? If Apple provides 255 characters for my app name - and indexes each word for search, why not just fill it to the brim with keywords? Not only does Apple provide 255 characters for app name, but also weighs keywords found in the app title more heavily than those found in the keywords field.
Apple Watch Apps
Posted on April 27th, 2015
Already sold out, the Apple Watch landed in Apple Stores today. With the new Watch comes new Apps! For now, Apple Watch apps only work as companion apps to the iPhone. Found via the Apple Watch icon on devices running the latest version of iOS, and via the App Store. While these apps can be built specifically for Watch use, they must be installed and paired with an iPhone. Currently, there are around 3,000 iPhone apps that have been built exclusively for the Apple Watch. Search on the Apple Watch version of the App Store looks alot like a the version accessed from an iPhone:
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What Google's Recent Announcements Mean for Your Apps
Posted on April 23rd, 2015
On February 26th Google announced they would be updating their algorithm for mobile search to penalize websites that were not mobile-friendly. Since
Facebook Ads for Mobile Apps - Insights and Retargeting
Posted on April 18th, 2015
In part 1 we looked at Audience targeting options, Custom Audiences and Lookalikes. In part 2 we will review how to create Facebook mobile ads with Facebook Insights and Retargeting and include
Facebook Ads for Mobile Apps - an Overview
Posted on April 17th, 2015
If you have never run an ad campaign on Facebook's advertising platform - you are in for a treat. In this Facebook mobile ads overview - we will introduce terms like look-a-like audiences, custom audiences, Power Editor, conversion pixels and Facebook Insights. We'll review some of the literally hundreds of demographic, behavioral and interest targeting options. Tomorrow we'll cover some best practices including ABT (always be testing), tracking attribution and LTV, and mobile specific examples.
Mobile Messaging Apps
Posted on April 15th, 2015
Messenger apps are hot. Facebook recently released their messenger app as a stand-alone web app, 6 months after pulling the messenger feature of their Facebook app into a standalone mobile app. Snapchat is charging $100 CPMs. Tencent (QQMobile) is valued at over $200 billion. Get to know the top mobile messaging apps by monthly average users in our latest slide deck.
Facebook's New Analytics for Apps
Posted on April 11th, 2015
At f8 2015 , Facebook announced new Facebook
Gearing up for the Apple Watch Launch
Posted on April 9th, 2015
How cool is the Apple Watch release? Sales are by appointment only. Here are the important dates: