I published my first app under the name "My Pomodoro Time Management". I wanted the name to be just "My Pomodoro" (which is the app name) but I was concerned people would not know what Pomodoro is.
Anyhow, so I wait a while and then I go to Android Market and search for "Pomodoro". My app doesn't show up. But I get 21 other hits including an app named MyPomodoro. I then search for "My Pomodoro" and I find nothing. I search for "Time Management" and I find my app!!!
Yuch. I was really disheartened that I finally had my app out there but no one would be able to find it! Why can't it find "My Pomodoro"?? Anyhow, I changed the app name to "Pomodoro" and waited a while. Later that day, a search for "My Pomodoro" found my app under the new name!! So I waited another day and now I can search for "Pomodoro" and there is my app.
So one thing I learned is that I have to be a little patient. Wait at least a day. But I still dont think the search was working that well. It should have found my app right away when I searched for "Pomodoro" since it could find it under "Time Management". Lesson is, don't take the search for granted!
I am facing the same problem. I just uploaded my new game"Collect the Stars". The only method to find it on the market is search the exact name with the quotation mark. The app is in the android market, but It is just too hard to find it in the lists.
ReplyDeleteIt seemed that it took a couple days for the search mechanism to start showing the app. I looked for your app and when I typed Collect the Stars, I got over 1000 results but when I put it in quotes, then I got only 19 results but did not see your app. I am amazed that android market does not have better search options.
ReplyDeleteSo, I think the lesson learned here is that before you name an app, you have to search with various names to see which one might work well. Note that you can change the name of your app at any time, I did that until my application started coming up. Good luck!