Comments on: The App Store is Crazy, Certified Crazy! http://blog.appfigures.com/the-app-store-is-crazy-certified-crazy/ Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob http://blog.appfigures.com/the-app-store-is-crazy-certified-crazy/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Rob Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:57:25 +0000 http://www.appfigures.com/blog/?p=455#comment-155 The normal mean change of -8 per app I think would be explained by new apps being added to the list. For example, if 16 new apps enter the list, evenly spread between positions 0 and 200 that should give an average change of -8 for the apps already in the list.<br><br>If the new apps all enter at the top of the list, then only 8 are needed, but that seems unlikely ;)<br><br>Anyway... So if you saw an average change of +25, (33 more than the usual -8) that suggests that about 66 apps were removed from the list. The normal mean change of -8 per app I think would be explained by new apps being added to the list. For example, if 16 new apps enter the list, evenly spread between positions 0 and 200 that should give an average change of -8 for the apps already in the list.

If the new apps all enter at the top of the list, then only 8 are needed, but that seems unlikely ;)

Anyway… So if you saw an average change of +25, (33 more than the usual -8) that suggests that about 66 apps were removed from the list.

]]> By: What happened to the AppStore last week? « Spiralstorm Games http://blog.appfigures.com/the-app-store-is-crazy-certified-crazy/comment-page-1/#comment-154 What happened to the AppStore last week? « Spiralstorm Games Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:39:29 +0000 http://www.appfigures.com/blog/?p=455#comment-154 [...] out their informative blog post here This entry was posted by Oz on February 9, 2010 at 6:39 pm, and is filled under Uncategorized. [...] [...] out their informative blog post here This entry was posted by Oz on February 9, 2010 at 6:39 pm, and is filled under Uncategorized. [...]

]]> By: aaronwatkins http://blog.appfigures.com/the-app-store-is-crazy-certified-crazy/comment-page-1/#comment-152 aaronwatkins Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:36:43 +0000 http://www.appfigures.com/blog/?p=455#comment-152 Could it have something to do with alot of smut apps, many of which were high ranking, being removed from the app store, casing apps below them to move up en masse? <br><a href="http://theappencypress.com/2010/01/31/the-ipad-will-not-be-the-newest-way-to-get-your-smut/" rel="nofollow">http://theappencypress.com/2010/01/31/the-ipad-...</a> Could it have something to do with alot of smut apps, many of which were high ranking, being removed from the app store, casing apps below them to move up en masse?
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]]> By: leberwurstsaft http://blog.appfigures.com/the-app-store-is-crazy-certified-crazy/comment-page-1/#comment-153 leberwurstsaft Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:50:51 +0000 http://www.appfigures.com/blog/?p=455#comment-153 Please, keep us updated. This were two really weird days, indeed!<br>We're lucky to have companies like yours that have quite some insight into a lot of data to analyze this kind of irregularities. Please, keep us updated. This were two really weird days, indeed!
We're lucky to have companies like yours that have quite some insight into a lot of data to analyze this kind of irregularities.

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