I've just published my first Android app. While it is on the Play Store, I am unable to find it using the Title that I specified for it in the Developer Console ("Meal Timer"). In fact if I search for "Meal Timer" on Google Play none of the first page of results are actually called "Meal Timer".
On the other hand if I search for "Mealtimer" (without the space) I can find my app. "Mealtimer" is the name of the app in my Java package.
Why I am I unable to find my app by searching using its title?
Finding your application within the Play Store is completely down to the name of your app and how saturated the keywords your'e using are.
Lets say for instance your app is called "Wallpapers HD". There are hundreds of apps that have the keyword variation of "Wallpapers HD" in the name so when you release your app, the chances of that app being listed with very few downloads and ratings within the first page is extremly unlikely because there will be hundreds of other apps that have the same keywords and many more downloads and ratings giving that app more keyword strength.
Now lets say your app is called "Table Spoon Milkshake". Your app will be very more likely to be listed within the first page because not many apps would have those keywords in the title.
So you will need to wait until your app has more downloads and ratings so the keyword strength of your app will increase giving it more visiblity when you search for it.
Hope this helps you!
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The name of my App is Gestión Escáner. I search "Gestión Escáner" (without quotes) and I see a lot of apps less mine. I have another app in published and if I go into it in the store I can access to the creator (Me) and then see my 2 apps (Gestión Horario and Gestión Escáner) witch I couldn't find in the searcher.
Is ridiculous that I search my app by it name and I found nothing. I published the app 2 days ago and in the web page Google says that the publishing take as maximum 24 hours.
My app is published, it can be checked in the Google Play Console, and in the Google Play Store (if you know how to exactly search it).
There is a Google failure or something? I can't reach understand why I cannot find my App by its name.
I want to specify that there no exists another application with the same name as mine.
Thanks a lot for the help.
The time of 4 to 24 hours is the time to get app published.
After the app has been published, it needs to be indexed by google to be visible in the search. Also, the search results also depend upon the ASO(App Store Optimization). Sometimes, you can't see your app even with the full name without that. Make sure your Title/Description convey the idea.
You can read the following links App visibility & discovery issues and Get discovered on Google Play search
this is my app link
app link
i give the app name News in one
search not found my app
this name type search not found my app.
when i search newsinone that time only show the my apps..
what problem?
how can i do.how to solve this problem
If you just uploaded the app now, it'll take a few hours before it appears live on the play store, what you may be seeing from the developer console could just be a preview.
If you're sure the app has gone live on the store, then be patient with the search because there are so many apps with the name News alongside so yours is probably down the list. If this is the case I'll advice you stick to sharing your app link first, so you'll gain some traction and downloads to move up the list or consider changing the app display name to something less generic like 'News'
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
I recently upload my app to the Google Play Store. I'm able to view my app in store by clicking from the developer's console. However, when I try to search the app myself by typing the name of the app it won't show up. I know this question has been raised many times, but I didn't really find a solution for this problem. The name of the app is called "Auto Reply Text Message".
I guess what I want to ask is that if it is possible to allow the user to find the app without putting the quotations around the name or removing all the spaces between?
Thank you in advanced.
so I called Google yesterday, and below are their response:
"
Thank you for your reply and your question about Google Play search.
When searching on Google Play, application search works across title, publisher and app descriptions. It's not easy to refine the search results appropriately when it comes to generic words that may also happen to be brand names or titles. For example, when a user searches for "Color Game", it's difficult to tell if the user is searching for an app named "Color Game" or for a game about colors. Because of this, we cannot guarantee that every app will display in search results for its name.
Please note, we show a limited number of search results in Google Play to ensure the best user experience. If your app's search rank for a specific term is too low, your app will not display in results. Keep in mind, however, that your app is always available by direct link (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cle.app.auto.reply.text.message), which you can share with users as you actively market your app. You can also recommend users search for your app’s name in quotes (i.e. "app name") to have our search engine look for that exact combination of words.
Thank you for your understanding and continued support. If you have additional questions, please let me know.
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So basically it has to do with their searching algorithm. I guess if your app has been downloaded for many times and becomes a popular app, Google will make your app a special case for searching and allow other people to search for your app without the quotations.
Thank you andrew for helping.