For app developers and businesses, visibility within the Google Play Store is essential. A high ranking can significantly impact an app’s downloads, user base, and potential revenue. However, many might not be aware that app performance, especially as measured by Android’s App Vitals, can play a crucial role in these rankings. Let’s delve into the […]

Here at The ASO Project, we love providing real-world examples of ASO success and areas for improvement. By auditing “everyday” apps in the App Store and Play Store, we can share insights into our ASO thought process with our followers. This week, let’s take a look at the Houzz app in the App Store and Play […]

The app world reaches across most countries in the world today. Each country has its own set of laws and regulations. This can make it difficult for foreign developers to distribute apps in other countries. On the Google Play side of things, the two countries with the most different of app regulations are Japan and […]

Google has been hard at work rehabbing the Google Play Store this year. Just a little over the week ago, we got to see the all new redesign that they did. It appears as though they aren’t stopping there. Some changes are coming to how Google displays preview videos:   Autoplay Currently, when users tap […]

Google has been slowly overhauling the Play Store and Play Store Console since it’s I/O 2019 conference. In the past few days, it’s officially rolled out its redesign of the Play Store. To say that the Play Store has changed a little would be an understatement. Let’s look at how the Play Store has changed: […]

In the past week, Google has been prompting its Android developers to “Add tags” to their apps. The Play Store developer has been bringing in some major overhauls in the past year and tags are just one of the ways Google is hoping to improve the Play Store.   How do tags work? Google allows […]

Health and fitness is all the rage in society today. Everyone seems to have the best running, biking, weight lifting, dieting plan for you to lose the most weight. On the App Store, “Fitness” has a keyword volume of 62/100, “workout” is 66/100 and “food tracker” is 54/100. Obviously, in their search for a guide […]

If you checked your app listing on the Play Store in the past week, you may have noticed that your app’s rating has changed. Earlier this year, Google announced that they would be changing how apps would be rated on the Play Store. The new ratings have been available to developers for some time now, […]

In today’s digital age, the world around us is constantly evolving. Social media, apps, laptops, phones, smart watch — they barely existed a mere 10 years ago and even then in no way resemble what we’ve evolved to today. One industry that has had to completely shift how it works is the news. Some companies […]

In the Play Store, Google provides a metadata field called the “Short Description” which allows developers to enter up to 80 characters of text. This short description is displayed on the app’s page directly below the screenshots. Aside from the title, the short description is one of the main pieces of text that is visible […]