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I am curious if anyone has experience making a free app and adding ads to it and placing it on the marketplace. Are ads difficult to code, and how do you actually go about doing that? How was the income with ads, do you think making a free app with ads is more profitable than selling it for $0.99 or really depends on the app itself? Thanks for the comments.
It is very easy to add ads to your app. See https://developers.google.com/mobile-ads-sdk/docs/ for the details.
I've one app with Adds in the Play Store. It really depends on your app. When your App is used every day by the user you generate more views than an App that is used only once a month.
You need a lot of downloads (100.000+) to get an income from it. With < 10.000 downloads you only earn a few dollars a week.
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I made an app and it is a bit CPU intesive. So I want to delegate some of the work to cloud computing.
Hypothetically, if my only source of revenue is Admob ads, will there ever be a situation where I am paying, say $200 a month more than I am getting from ad revenue, on a pay-as-you-go plan? Or will I need funding at first or something?
I'm using this -> "Google Compute Engine"; pricing: https://cloud.google.com/compute/pricing
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Only emprical results can answer your question. There is no theory about your specific setup.
For a clue, I have a GAE webapp where the only source of income is adsense ads and the only cost is appengine hosting. This application runs at a profit now, but it didn't when volume was lower. So according to my experience there seems to be some "breaking point" going from low volume to medium when the app starts the become profitable.
If you ask whether your chances of monetizing your app has increased with cloud computing, then I'd definitely say the answer is yes.
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I was developing some apps. Now i'm thinking to upload on Google Play for free. My app is designed for offline use. I'm not clear about that they pay per install after user install my app from anywhere or play store. Is Pay Per Install is best options for my app? How do you think? Pls leave your idea. Is there any Ads service for my need? I have read that Admob is not much for offline app. They business work as a CPC. Do you have any idea about leadbolt?
They all require internet connection.
So it sounds like your app is not a good fit for in-app advertising.
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I have an app on the store that I want my users to upgrade quickly. I have made several updates before and things went smoothly: in about a week 80% of my users had the new app. Now, however, I have more users and they are taking longer to update to the new version. It has been about 3 weeks and only 55% are using the new app. I know that I could put out a message within the app saying "hey you should really update the app", but I'm also wondering: If I release a small bug-fix update do you think I will get more people to update? If I release again will a new notification go to them saying they have an update available for my app? Is this a good idea?
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This question is too broad and doesn't really belong here, but anyway:
I would not update your app more frequently if it's not necessary, and I would especially not nag your users by frequently displaying an update notification if it's just bugfixes or minor improvements. (It's different if your users really need to update for functionality, but I guess that's not the case here).
Simply put: it's not in your hands if your users update, and imho it shouldn't be. Provide value with each update, and if your users feel it's worth it, they will update.
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I am very new to the Android Market. I want to put my application up for free.
Is there any possibility for free "upload" (I saw you must pay 25$). This is for school project and I will not pay that money, too much for me :D
If there is no possibility for that, if there is someone out there with account, that I will send app to him and he will put it on Android Market.
No that is not possible, if you want to publish on Google Play you have to get that Publisher Account which costs 25$. This fee is mainly to prevent people from spamming the market.
Alternatively you could look at publishing your application on other non-official "markets", most of them will let you do so for free. You will not get as much exposure, but if you're seeking a free way to get your application out there, that's the only way I know of doing so.
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How do you improve the position of an app in Android Market search results? The apps don't seem to be sorted on downloads.
Edit: The scope of this question is limited to working with the Android Market search engine, of which there's little or no information. I changed the title to make it clearer.
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Make an app everyone wants, that gets high user ratings and lots of downloads
Update your app frequently, since it shows up at the top in the "Just in"-tab on every update
Use your Social Media Network (Create Facebook groups, start promoting smart on Twitter). Set up a user wiki where everyone can add content, discuss your app and get a real buzz around it.
Buy Google listings
Create a Blog discussing the app and its outstanding performance
EDIT: Almost forgot: Your app should be free, with a possibility to go pro (= paid).
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make your app in a way that can be extended with plugins by 3rd party coders, that means they create and submit their apps to the Market as extensions to your app, and that will raise the results