There is the following strange problem: I've published some app on Google Play, for example "My Horse" (2 words in name). But if I search my app as "My Horse" I can't find it! If I use "myhorse" (as a single word) all is good. As I know I use "My Horse" in all settings in the developer's console and Android string resources. How can I fix it?
Unlike iOS in android you have no control over the keywords, just make sure your app description contain the keywords and the Console Search engine will take care of everything magically.
If you recently submitted your app, then give it time, it will show in your search results.
In addition to #meda points, I would say The ranking algorithm doesn't order the results only by app names, it also includes app ratings, relevant keywords in your description ,number of downloads, Star rating, Speed of downloads vs release date and probably some other stuff.
Refer here for some more info
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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.
I had published an application with title with both english and hindi keywords eg. Consider my app name is "Ajay", then i have added app name in playstore as "Ajay अजय". (I am not sharing actual app name for client privacy reason)
I am able to look for application in Google play store by its hindi name "अजय" but the application is not found in play store by english application title "Ajay".
I have already added short and long description for the application ib both hindi and english and have tried adding the word "Ajay" in description also so that my application gets searched with english name as well. But still it is not searchable by english name "Ajay" in google playstore.
What could be going wrong and How can it be rectified?
Any help would be appreciated.. !!!
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 is thorough and optimized is an important factor in getting discovered by users on Google Play.
You can follow these steps to optimize your app.
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/4448378?hl=en
Also, google take some time to index your app in the search result. SO always use some unique name otherwise google will take much time based on your application traffic, rating and keywords.
I had mentioned the application details in long description using application English title. Initially the application was not occurring in playstore, i had searched all apps which were filtered out by my application title. However after some downloads and obtaining ratings from few users the application was getting searched in playstore with English keyword too. Another reason may be playstore seo takes few days to add app in filtered search list. My app is coming in first position now reason being the application name is unique name.
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 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.
I'm a new android app developer and I just published my first app 3 days ago.
When I search for my app with one more of the words that are in the title (of the app) I can barely find my app in the list!
Yes, I searched for this a lot over the Internet and I saw in other places people talking about the search algorithm decides by downloads, rating and +1s. I have the best rating, a lot of reviews, okay amount of downloads and I see apps with no downloads, no rating, small description, show up above me in the list.
So my questions are: Am I missing something here? Why is my app so low in the list? Does the search update every week or so?
hey use this link to find app only put app package name here
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=packagename&hl=en
only replace packagename to your app package name
then you find app
or search by Developer name....