Comments on: Android Market goes live

By: trends

trends — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:17:45 +0000

Android Market auch für Entwickler geöffnet…

Ab Montag wird nun auch der Marktplatz für die Applikationen auf dem ersten Android-Handy G1 für Entwickler geöffnet sein. Ähnlich dem Apple-App Store für das iPhone kann der Anwender vom Android Market Software auf sein…

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:11:45 +0000

@Svetlana

Thanks for stopping by.

Much like Maps, the Android Market is not “monetized” for Google direct benefit. Since it does not generate money directly, Google Maps seems to be understaffed and enforcement of TOS seems to be on an ad hoc basis.

Some of the abuses have been quite egregious (use Mapspam to market to people with HIV or for ambulance chasing of train wreck victims) and Google’s response has been after the fact and slow.

While only a small % of developers will abuse the system, it is open to abuse and the promise of short term profits will obviously be an allure to some. Whether in the end, this affects enough users negatively to color their perception of Google and impact their income is the question.

Mike

BTW nice article on the Android Market.

By: Svetlana Gladkova

Svetlana Gladkova — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:09:53 +0000

I can’t be sure we will necessarily face spam as all the developers will need to register first and pay the $25 application fee. I guess it will also be possible to ban developers for violating ToS and submitting some spammy applications. I am not a big fan of crowdsourcing myself but I hope this developers registration will serve as some sort of a protection it will work for Google.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:32:17 +0000

What about the $9.95 app whose reviews have been pumped up via bot or offshore labor and rises to the top of the heap for “excellence”?

Mike

By: CJ

CJ — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:07:51 +0000

Probably start with a twist on the usual Ringtone spam, repackaged as a “GooglePhone app.” Marketers will also list free stripped-down apps to entice people, then send them outside of the Android marketplace to purchase the “upgrades” on their own turf.