AppCodes
Web and SaaS
app store optimization
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
2 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.
Idea: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting data mining and useful keyword guesses
From 2 comments
Nice bit of data mining but the data doesn't seem quite right -- an unusual balance of foreign keywords that seems quite surprising to me at least (look at "Smurfs' Village" for…
lusr on HNInteresting. I checked their guess of keywords against one of my apps. They guessed 13 keywords for my app. 5 of their guesses are most assuredly not in our keyword list.…
nirvana on HN
Objections
Guessed keywords are often wrong or generic
From 2 comments
Checked a few games for which I know what the keywords are. I would not say it is completely of the mark, for all games it guessed 1-2 keywords correctly (out of 10-15 it…
f137 on HNInteresting. I checked their guess of keywords against one of my apps. They guessed 13 keywords for my app. 5 of their guesses are most assuredly not in our keyword list.…
nirvana on HN
Odd results such as numeric keywords for poker games
From 1 comment
Poker games have some weird results, like having numbers for keywords. Is this some way of gaming the system or a bug? http://www.appcod.es/appsearch/poker
kevinh on HN
Unclear how keywords are obtained and verified
From 2 comments
The article says that the app store ranking algorithm is more or less known and is linking to the following presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/kolinko/app-store-seo-tutorial…
lordlarm on HNI have still no clue how you guys are pulling this off. are you spidering descriptions of apps inside the marketplace? maybe look for similar keywords in different languages? or…
jcfrei on HN
Requests
Way to test results before opening an account
From 1 comment
> We will guess your competitors’ keywords. Sounds great - but how can I check if it works, before opening a real account?
f137 on HN
Questions
How does the tool obtain search data from the App Store
From 2 comments
I have still no clue how you guys are pulling this off. are you spidering descriptions of apps inside the marketplace? maybe look for similar keywords in different languages? or…
jcfrei on HNverifying them with apple = typing them in to iTunes?
dot on HN
Alternatives named
Mobile DevHQ ASO tool by AppStoreHQ
From 1 comment
We've been working on a similar idea for a few months now, and have some pretty solid data and sophisticated algorithms which are now giving us quite reasonable insights. We…
iseff on HN
App Store SEO tutorial slideshare
From 1 comment
The article says that the app store ranking algorithm is more or less known and is linking to the following presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/kolinko/app-store-seo-tutorial…
lordlarm on HN