Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTemu shut off Google Shopping ads in the US on April 9; its App Store app ranking then plummeted from around third or fourth place to 58th in three dayssearchengineland.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down13
arrow-up1211arrow-down1external-linkTemu shut off Google Shopping ads in the US on April 9; its App Store app ranking then plummeted from around third or fourth place to 58th in three dayssearchengineland.comTea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up132·9 months agoSo are they insinuating that Google App Store “popularity” ranking is actually paid product placement?
minus-squareFenderStratocaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 months agoDo you REALLY think that Threads is one of the top 4 downloaded apps on Android? “EasyHomescreen” is number 5.
minus-squarenoodle (he/him)@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoor simply that people were mostly installing the app after seeing ads for it.
So are they insinuating that Google App Store “popularity” ranking is actually paid product placement?
It probably is
Do you REALLY think that Threads is one of the top 4 downloaded apps on Android? “EasyHomescreen” is number 5.
or simply that people were mostly installing the app after seeing ads for it.