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App Store Review Guidelines Updated: What Developers Should Know
Posted on September 15th, 2020
Apple has updated its App Store Review Guidelines, adding new information about App Clips, streaming services and more. While some of these changes are clarifications to existing rules, others are new guidelines that can impact the presence of apps on the App Store. What should developers know about the new rules, and how will they impact App Store Optimization?
App Review Process Changes for Apple App Store
Posted on September 1st, 2020
The App Review process is the final hurdle app developers must overcome before getting their app launched or updated on the App Store. Once it goes through the review process, the app is either set to launch on the store or is rejected and developers must make changes.
App Store Review Lets Developers Challenge Guidelines
Posted on June 25th, 2020
The App Store Review process is undergoing new changes in the wake of WWDC 2020. These changes will add new options for developers whose apps or updates are rejected for guideline violations, including ways to ensure bug fixes and updates will still reach users on time.
App Store Reviews: Why Replying Matters
Posted on December 7th, 2019
Reaching and converting users is an important aspect of App Store Optimization, but retaining them is just as important. When users leave app store reviews, properly responding can make the difference between retaining users (as well as potentially converting new ones) and losing them. Developers should understand the best practices for responding to app store reviews and how it can make a difference.
Fake App Reviews Cause App Store Concerns
Posted on July 12th, 2019
Reviews are valuable to an app for many reasons. They can signal to other users if an app is well-liked, provide developers with feedback on issues or ways they can improve, and are helpful for App Store Optimization. It’s no wonder that developers would want their apps to receive positive reviews, but it’s important to gain the reviews properly. New reports of fake reviews have surfaced, so developers need to understand why they should avoid underhanded methods of inflating their rankings and how to naturally improve their reputation.
Google Play Store: New Ratings & Reviews Redesign
Posted on November 30th, 2018
Google has been testing out new updates for the Play Store, occasionally rolling out changes for users or rolling them back to make further adjustments. One important change is the update to the “Ratings and Reviews” section. It’s important to understand what this change is and how it will impact the effect reviews have on App Store Optimization.
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Evaluating an App Marketing Promotion Company
Posted on December 19th, 2015
With more than 1.5 million apps on each of the Apple and Google app stores, building a plan for visibility for your app is essential to a return on your investment. Since the majority of mobile app downloads come from app store search, a mobile app marketing plan should start with optimizing for organic discovery in the app stores. App marketing strategies that include app listing metadata, optimized creatives, ratings and review acquisition and even in-app retention and engagement are collectively generally referred to app store optimization or ASO. ASO is often, mistakenly thought of as “finding keywords” for an app’s app store listing. This limited approach is still employed by some app marketing companies, but is not the comprehensive approach needed to compete and thrive in the app stores. What follows are the building blocks of a mobile app marketing plan that an app marketing promotion company should be required to deliver.
ASO for Beginners
Posted on November 4th, 2015
Building, measuring and adjusting an app listing for the app stores is called app store optimization or ASO. In this article we are going to introduce ASO for beginners, why ASO is important, the main topics and key considerations for an optimized mobile app.
Mobile App Reviews for ASO
Posted on October 28th, 2015
Apple and Google both use app store reviews and app store ratings in their app store search ranking algorithms. App store optimization as a practice and strategy is evolving as are the app store ranking algorithms that help to shape ASO. Because the app store rankings algorithms are not shared publically, and differ between Apple and Google,
App Store Optimization Tools
Posted on October 22nd, 2015
Building and optimizing your app listing to tap into the massive organic traffic searching the app stores daily takes the right app store optimization tools. Below we will cover some of the very best ASO tools, from getting ratings and reviews, to designing descriptions and screenshots that convert with your target audience and more. While this list is not in any particular order, a good place to start is with working with your target audience.
White Hat ASO vs Black Hat ASO
Posted on October 3rd, 2015
Any time there is an algorithm that determines where an object (website, book, mobile app, etc..) ranks for a specific search, there are ways to improve the object’s ranking. For example, a book on Amazon is much more likely to be ranked highly in a search if the title of the book contains the searched for words. Practices for optimizing a mobile app for the
Marketing Your App
Posted on July 8th, 2015
Marketing your app via the new mobile channels