As an app developer, there are a million of things you worry about on a daily basis. First and foremost, “where are my downloads at today?” Then,  “how can we stay on top of our competition?” Even, “should we launch an update now or will this confuse our users?” The list goes on and on […]

Earlier this week, we challenged you to try our App Store Optimization Checklist to determine the state of your ASO strategy. How did you do? Chances are you may have made a little progress in a few areas, are completely missing out on others, or maybe this is your first real look at what you […]

Does your app pass the ASO Checklist Challenge? So you have an app and you want it to have the best chance it could have at succeeding in the app stores. You have spent endless hours pouring over your app’s UX  and UI, your promotional marketing mix, and still, you know you aren’t reaching your […]

As of today, developers are now able to utilize up to 50 characters for their Google Play Store app’s title. The previous limit of 30 characters made it a challenge for apps to utilize their main keywords. An app’s title is one of the most important parts of App Store Optimization and, when properly optimized, can […]

If you didn’t watch Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, we’ve got you covered. We’re here to give you the key takeaways from the conference and how it’s relevant to you. Apple announced a number of extremely impressive hardware improvements, SDKs, developer tools and new technologies. But we’re most excited about the App Store stats that Apple […]

I was at a toy store a few weeks ago shopping for a gift for my nephew, when I realized toy stores are a lot like the app stores. The shelves are stocked with toys the retailer is trying to sell. Most toy stores don’t necessarily manufacture the toys they sell, so it’s important for […]

App Store Optimization is always evolving and changing. As Apple and Google look for new ways to display apps modify their algorithms, and fix a largely broken app discovery process, ASO becomes a greater challenge for a lot of app developers and marketers. In this article, we’ll touch on a couple of the most recent […]

Over the last few years, we’ve seen more and more factors included in an app’s ranking. ASO used to focus solely on the “basic” elements of an app (keywords, titles, descriptions, graphics, reviews, etc…), but now there’s so much more that goes into an app’s overall ranking. Algorithms are looking at relevancy, install velocity, backlinks […]

Apple has been pretty busy in the month of September thus far. On the first day of the month, Apple announced that all app titles will be limited to 50 characters, and in addition, they are removing apps that no longer function properly, or follow the App Store policies. Overall, this is a change for […]

For serious publishers, there’s nothing more crucial than accurate data. The more data you have, the better. Accurate data helps publishers make critical decisions on implementing new features, how to spend marketing dollars, and how to grow user installations. In the world of mobile analytics, this proves to be a complicated task. The Attribution Challenge […]