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| Apr 15, 2017 | Ahead of F8, developers talk the future of bots on Facebook Messenger | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Last year in the lead up to F8, Facebook’s annual... |
| May 3, 2016 | A Beginner’s Guide to Building and Marketing an App | On May 24, 2013, a Vietnamese developer, Dong Nguyen, launched his mobile game app, “Flappy Bird,” in the App Store. For the first couple of weeks, it sat there, with a few reviews and not much action. He then moved the app over to the “Fam... |
| Oct 3, 2014 | Roughly Half Of Users Are Finding Apps Via App Store Search, Says Study | The battleground for app discovery in the leading mobile app stores, iTunes and Google Play, has more to do with where an app ranks in the search results, than where it ranks in the charts. Or at least that’s what a new study from ad attrib... |
| Aug 4, 2014 | Tune, formerly HasOffers, buys MobileDevHQ to help clients boost app downloads | Seattle startup MobileDevHQ has been acquired by Tune, the Seattle company formerly known as HasOffers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
MobileDevHQ’s tools help mobile marketers track keywords and competitors, helping to boost app dow... |
| May 28, 2014 | iOS App Store’s Top Charts No Longer Show Top 300 Apps, Now Only Top 150 Get Ranked | Apple has made a significant change to the “Top Charts” section in the iOS App Store just ahead of its Worldwide Developers Conference next week in San Francisco – it’s now only featuring the Top 150 Paid, Free and Top Grossing applications... |
| May 6, 2014 | App Annie Now Lets App Developers Track Ads, App Store Optimization | Mobile app analytics platform App Annie is expanding itself product lineup today with features designed to help publishers better analyze their advertising and App Store Optimization (ASO) efforts. The latter, a sort of SEO for mobile apps,... |
| Apr 4, 2014 | Study Finds Download Volume May Impact App Store Search Results | New research released today from mobile app marketer Fiksu examines the impact that download volume has on search results in the iTunes App Store.
Today, the App Store has over a million applications available, which means, more than ever, ... |
| Feb 15, 2014 | Apple & Google Begin Rejecting Games With “Flappy” In The Title | The Flappy Bird phenomenon shows no signs of slowing down, despite the fact that the original title was yanked out of the App Store by creator Dong Nguyen, whose newfound fame apparently became too overwhelming. But though “Flappy Bird” its... |
| Jan 14, 2014 | As App Store Optimization Heats Up, MobileDevHQ Goes Free, Launches API | A company helping mobile developers optimize their app store listings for better discoverability, MobileDevHQ, is this week making its basic set of tools free for app marketers while branching out further into the enterprise, with the debut... |
| Jan 9, 2014 | Uber Is Popular In Nigeria? Why Today’s Mobile Apps Are Ranking Highly In Markets They Don’t Serve | On-demand ridesharing, taxi and black car services from companies like Lyft and Uber have been quickly growing their reach within new cities and countries worldwide, but they’re not yet globally available. That’s why seeing their mobile app... |
| Dec 13, 2013 | Widespread Apple App Store Search Rankings Change Sees iOS Apps Moved Over 40 Spots, On Average | Apple has again tweaked its iOS App Store algorithms, and the changes have brought about widespread search ranking changes across both iPhone and iPad devices. That’s search rankings, to be clear – meaning where an app is returned when a us... |
| Aug 23, 2013 | Apple’s App Store Rankings Algorithm Changed To Consider Ratings, And Possibly Engagement | Apple may be testing changes to its iTunes App Store ranking algorithms, which see it taking into account app ratings and other new factors in the App Store Top Chart rankings. Whether or not the changes are more experimental in nature or i... |
| Jun 11, 2013 | Why Apple Killed Genius For Apps, And What’s Next For The App Store’s Long Tail | Apple is no longer offering the “Genius” feature as a way to surface and discover new mobile applications in the iOS App Store in the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 7. Instead, the spot that used to belong to “Genius... |
| Apr 2, 2013 | Sonar: This new service automatically tracks when app stores change their algorithms | Mobile app developers live and die by how easily their apps are discovered in the various app stores from Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon. And any small tweak in the app stores can have a dramatic impact.
But now a new service from Seat... |
| Dec 24, 2012 | The Google Of The App Search Era Just Might Be Google | Only a few years in, and already the mobile application ecosystem has become an unfathomable jungle of applications – some 700,000-plus in the two top mobile app stores, Apple’s App Store and Google Play. And yet, we’re still waiting for th... |
| Dec 21, 2012 | Madrona Invests $4.2m in 2nd Watch; TechStars’ MobileDevHQ Funded | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
It’s time to squeeze in a couple more local deals before Christmas. Madrona Venture Group is investing in a cloud services provider, and MobileDevHQ, a graduate of TechStars S... |
| Dec 20, 2012 | App Store Optimization Startup MobileDevHQ Raises $650,000 To Help App Marketers Get More Downloads | MobileDevHQ, a Seattle-based startup providing tools for App Store Optimization (ASO) and additional insights for mobile developers, has raised a $650,000 round of funding following its participation in the TechStars Seattle incubator. Inve... |
| Dec 20, 2012 | TechStars grad MobileDevHQ raises cash to help app developers get more downloads | Mobile app developers need all of the help they can get when trying to build momentum. After all, hundreds of thousands of apps have been released this year alone, making it especially challenging for developers to rise above the clutter.
N... |
| Dec 19, 2012 | App Store Optimization Heats Up: Appnique Debuts New Service To Help Developers Get Their Apps Found | Seattle-based Appnique, a new startup from mobile industry veteran Jai Jaisimha, is focused on helping app developers achieve higher rankings and make their mobile applications more discoverable in both the iOS and Android app stores. It’s ... |
| Dec 18, 2012 | Appnique looks to help mobile developers stand out in a crowded sea of apps | There’s no shortage of mobile applications floating around, with Apple’s app store alone counting nearly 340,000 apps created just this year. So, what’s an app developer to do in order to get recognized?
That’s a problem that a number of co... |
| Sep 29, 2012 | Five Big Changes In The iOS 6 App Store (And What Developers Should Do) | Some developers are complaining that since the introduction of the Chomp-inspired App Store redesign in iOS 6, sales have noticeably dropped. Others say the changes are good for indie developers. Is the new iOS App Store a step forward or s... |
| Aug 10, 2012 | Meet the startups that just got accepted into TechStars Seattle | TechStars Seattle just accepted its latest batch of companies, choosing 10 young upstarts from around the world to participate in the technology incubator. About 600 companies applied for this year’s class, and this marks the first time tha... |
| Jul 10, 2012 | Apple’s App Store Secrecy Hurts Indie Developers | The timer in the built-in Clock app on the iPhone sucks, so David Barnard built a new one, Timer. But if you search for “timer” in the App Store, you won’t find it. Because of Apple’s obscure, ever-shifting search method, making the best ti... |
| Jun 25, 2012 | More Evidence Shows Apple App Store Search Changes (Including Some Sad Developers) | We now have more information about the changes to Apple’s App Store search algorithm, thanks to a blog post from Ian Sefferman at MobileDevHQ.
TechCrunch broke the news about the change on Saturday, but our story was based on the impression... |
| Feb 28, 2012 | ASO (App Store Optimization) Is The New SEO, And Here’s A Tool To Do It | What’s the hardest thing about building a successful mobile app? If you answered “building a mobile app,” you’re wrong. It’s getting your app found. With over 600,000+ iOS applications, and now some 450,000 on Android, the real challenge fo... |
| Feb 13, 2012 | From stall to new start, MobileDevHQ founder explains the power of the pivot | Photo: Steve Jurvetson
The ugly underbelly of startup life is that most new ventures fail. And yet, despite the many warning signs, entrepreneurs continue to make the leap and fight for survival.
I was reminded of this cold, hard truth afte... |
| Jan 13, 2012 | Tech Moves: Scott Blanksteen leaves AppStoreHQ for Amazon; Maveron promotes Jason Stoffer; and more | Blanksteen
Fast-growing Amazon.com continues to gobble up talent from the Seattle tech community. The latest addition is Scott Blanksteen who just left his gig as CEO of Founder’s Co-op-backed AppStoreHQ to become director of product manage... |
