I just uploaded my app to Android Play store. The problem now is when I search it at google play store, other app with similar name will pop on top of my app and I need to keep scroling until i found my app.
My I know why will this happen? Is it because of My app is a new app so need wait more download and review? or I have to implement "App indexing" "I search from google" to allow user to search my app easily on google play store?
Google wont push your app to the top until you've had more reviews and downloads than your competitors. There are a few things you can do to try and improve your position.
Try get a more unique name for your App.
Get as many friends and family members you can to download and review your app.
Use the name a few times in the description of your app.
Improve the text in your app description and info sections on the listing.
Give it some time.
App positioning in Goolge play store is a fine art, indeed there are many factors that can improve your apps position in the list. Below are a number of ways to improve your listing:
A full and comprehensive store listing
Regular and frequent application updates also promote your listing
SEO best practices
Rating and reviews always help too!
There're two possibilities.
One big posibility, the name for your app has keywords which are very competitive in play store. You need first to do some app search optimization.
There’s the second possibility that the app that you’re trying to search for is not compatible with your device. That is why it is not showing up in your device..
However, when you look upon the desktop site, it is visible.
Also, remember that It takes a while to appear on the play store and get ranked in search if you just uploaded it. Apart from that, you may also have poor search ranking if people tend to uninstall it, or you may not be searching for the right term.
You can rank good with these tips
Give it some time and perform ASO (APP Store Optimization)
Promote your application across different platforms like Blogs, youtube, Facebook pages.
Use ad services like google ads or Facebook ads to gain organic users.
I published an application with a unique name "Home Workout without Equipment" one month back and It's ranked with the help of ASO and proper keywords. It has 1000+ reviews and 50,000+ downloads in a short period of time.
So remember….
(Formula for my success)
[ASO + App Markeetring + Reviews = App Ranking]2
ASO+ AM+ R = AR
Play store rank apps on top based on good ASO and deep links associated with apps along with downloads and reviews. (Always remember to gain organic users)
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I submitted my first Flutter app to the Google Play Store using the Play Console. The app has been approved, but if I try to search by it's name "Roster Me On", it doesn't find it. But if I search by typing "rostermeon" it finds the app.
How do I set search terms for my app. Is this done in the Play Console or in my Flutter project?
Since the search term is not configurable, it mostly depends on how you build your store listing page. There are some recommendations that you can do, some from the official docs:
Use strong assets, including your app title, description, icon, feature graphic, screenshots, and video with high repetition of your keywords
Provide accurate categorization to help Google Play promote your app properly
Test different keywords for your listing page
Customize store listings and tailor your marketing messages to highlight key features and keywords for your app
Localize your app store listing for users in different markets around the world
Check out this official Q&A from Google. I'm sure it will help you a lot to boost your app's attention
Other people can correct me if I'm wrong.
This has nothing to do with your flutter code or on the Play console. This is how the Play console search algorithm works. Since you just launched your app and I assume it's not having a lot of traction, it is hard to get listed, given that your app name is ambiguous.
When you give the query Roast Me On, it has 3 words. Thus it's open to a lot of combinations of search results. But if you search roastmeon it's one word and it obviously has lower combinations to go through.
To improve this odd, Promote this app on social media. Ask people to rate it. The more traction your app gets, it is easy for you to get listed in search results. Also, add relevant keywords and use high-quality assets. The more Professional your app looks, it is definitely an advantage.
Problem Statement:
I published App on Google Play but can't see it there - instead it shows error message saying that Item Not Found.
Summary:
I published an App on Play Store. Its current status is Published as can be seen from following snapshot.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=171vhJJ5ED_g1v2ElD5xBwdRAcrW0RoNF
When i tap on VIEW ON GOOGLE PLAY, I can see it there as well with Published status.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=16Zy7GXhreeSdli7IBrhFBvwNP51m8HTm
Problem is, when i tap VIEW ON GOOGLE PLAY in Android Phone, i can't see there any App and see following
https://drive.google.com/open?id=12Pa7ITr93OlQJQV5UXbJfNYI8fEG66LR
Although App is allowed in ALL countries, but still i can't see it in Play Store.
I believe the issue you're having is when you search Google Play Store for your app's name, your app doesn't come up although, but you can download it if you had the app's direct link in the Play Store and even shows published on your developer portal.
Publishing an app to the Google Play Store doesn't have a fixed/specific time before it becomes downloadable (search and download) from the Play Store. Sometimes, it takes few hours while other times it could take days. This is because it is being deployed to all the Google Play servers worldwide. Mine takes about 2-3 days sometimes. Just be patient and wait for some time.
If the status of an app is PUBLISHED, then it is actually published.
The answer to your question lies in the nature of the algorithm the Google Play store uses for their search/query. You probably used a common app name (or the variant of a common app name). Generally, apps with a large number of active users top the list in search results. Your app is on the list, it's just at the bottom of the list.
This article sheds a little light on how the search algorithms work and what you should always look out to ensure your app's immediate visibility.
I hope this helps. Merry coding!
After a long time in Beta, my app is now ready for publishing. I published it about an hour ago. It is named Colors, a very short and often used name. So that is also the title in Google Play. But now when I search for Colors my App isn't shown when I search for Colors (not in all findings (about 100)). It is there because when I also search with the developer name it comes up at place 8 or so. What to do now? Change the name or add something in it?
What would you suggest?
Here are the steps to find your app:
Go to the app console at https://play.google.com/apps/publish
Choose your app
Hover the icon with the "I" letter in the circle beside your app name
Click "View in the Play Store"
Note, that your app needs to be published (as on the attached screen).
Moreover, your app may not be published immediately and probably you need to wait about a few hours until your app will be officialy available in Google Play Store.
It may be not so easy to find your app via search if it has popular or common name. I such case, Google algorithms may adjust search results depending on a different criteria. When your app is new, it may not be recognizable in the beginning.
Firstly: If you published your app a short time ago, it is going to rank lower in searches. Give it a while, because the search feature is like google: It shows the most popular links with the same name first. It is the same thing with apps: The most popular with a given name rank first. FOr new apps, even when searching that name, similar names will rank higher because your app is newer.
Writing
pub:[Your Dev Name Here]
(without the brackets)
will show only the apps published by you. No space between : and the first letter in the developer name.
TL:DR;
The more downloads your app gets, the higher it will rank in searches. Changing the app name is not a good idea, as you will then take another long while to rank in the search for the new app name. Maintain the current name, make it good so it drives installs and it will rank higher eventually
NOTE
It takes hour before the app shows in the search results. Meaning as you posted your app one hour ago, it will not rank for another day or so(in my experience). Getting it on top when there are many apps with similar names is even harder. But what you are experiencing is the time between your app being published and it showing in the search results.
No One knows search algorithm parameters except people at Google.
But there are a lot of articles with suggestions, and what parameters influence to the position in Google Play. First of all this is popularity of your app, its score, etc. So changing app name won't affect, while you have few downloads.
For instance, I uploaded an app, named TurtleInfo. I haven't seen apps with the same name, but as soon as my app is too specific and has less than 50 downloads, Google Play search displays my app on position about 20. The apps, that goes before, just different games about Turtles, that has much more downloads than mine.
So if you wanna see your app first in search result on Google Play, you have to make it high-quality and really popular!
Link : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=your_package_name&hl=en
write your package name in front of id. and you'll get your app
I have uploaded an application in Google play. Application is available region specific. Application is uploaded in production with full-roll out.
In one of the device, application is visible and user installed it. After some X duration, same user in same device when he searches the application, application is not visible.
It's a strange behavior but why this behavior is seen?
Above scenario is searched in device Google play application only.
It might not always show if your app doesn't have enough unique keywords in the name. As stated in this thread, you can change your name in the Play Store Console and try some different combinations of words.
Also, there's possibility that your app that you're trying to search is not compatible with the device. This might be a reason why it is not showing up in your device. If you will sign into your Google account, then you click the install button (on the desktop site) it will show you the devices that are associated with that account asking with their compatibility. [Source.]
You can also check these related SO posts:
Google Play is not showing my app
It took almost couple of days for my app to show up. Just a small note, if you cannot find your app in the play store, try putting the name in double quotes like "Park The Car" or "Relationship Guru" and then search it. Even when Play store started showing my app, if I just search with the app name with no double quotes, I could not find it. I saw almost 500 apps and still I could not find my app. But on using double quotes, I got a perfect string match.
After 4 days app is still not indexed in Google Play search
Hope this helps!
Each time you release an app, the search ranking in the play store will be temporarily hit.
However, it will be restored within a day or two.
If your search visibility went out of ranking soon after the new update got to live in the play store, then there is nothing to worry about. It will be back soon.
Google Play search is a key tool for users to find relevant, and popular apps for Android devices. Ensuring that your app and store listing are thorough and optimized is an important factor in getting discovered by users on Google Play and you can optimize your search by following the steps in the following official link by Google.
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/4448378?hl=en
In my app, I am experimenting with creating a popup that lets the user directly rate my app (eg. 5 stars) without having to redirect to the Play Store. I have read many questions (here and here) and answers on this site claiming it cannot be done BUT Tinder has managed it!
After inputting a rating, the rating then appears (without further comments) on the Play Store. It seems to me that allowing this much control over ratings could lead to a number of 'questionable' practices, such as filtering low scores, or tracking users' ratings and granting or withholding special privileges based on how they rated you... so how are they doing it? Could anyone shed some light on this?
There is no way you can handle the rating inside the app. You can only prompt the user to your app page on Google Play and ask him to rate your app for more support.
I think this is not technically possible unless you parse the HTML in the play store page which might be against the store policies (this is what tools like Andlytics do to allow you to track scores in your app). In any case, even if you are able to actually POST via HTTP the score you wouldn't be able to check if the user has already scored because scores without review are not shown in the market page. Also this would require you to change your code everytime Google changes the HTML being displayed.