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By: Neil Anderson

Neil Anderson — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:48:06 +0000

Nice.

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By: Peter of Apalon

Peter of Apalon — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:24:53 +0000

This is similar to any other business environment. Make a really nice product and market the hell out of it. If you get in TOP100 of category you start getting organic downloads.

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By: Mankhool

Mankhool — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:35:28 +0000

Umm . . . Long Tail anyone?

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Google SEO Tools — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:50:55 +0000

this is so obvious, no one would expect it to be different. If it were, then it would be real news…

By: well

well — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:38:46 +0000

duh.

By: Frank Castle

Frank Castle — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:33:06 +0000

So is the gold rush is over?

Whats funny is my Blackberry has the same apps as my iPhone so for my needs I just want to pick up a device depending on my needs for the day and the experience is the same. And after 2 years I only use around 10 apps often. I have likely downloaded hundreds but most don’t last an hour before removal.

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By: Sturgeon

Sturgeon — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:58:23 +0000

This is hardly news. The app store is no different from any other business environment. Everybody goes in thinking they’ll make millions and be successfully, but only a select few do.

The thing about the app store is that when it was first opened up, it was a new frontier. There weren’t a lot of apps to compete with. The first settlers were able to make sales much more easily, but as more and more companies enter the market, it becomes harder and harder to sell things (more competition, quality bar increases, etc)… Just like everywhere else. Hardly surprising.

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Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:24:04 +0000

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By: John Duke

John Duke — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:08:08 +0000

There are scores of people who want to become actors but only a select few make it.

There are thousands of startups but only a select few survive.

There are billions of people but only a select few have most of the wealth.

There are millions of blogs but only a select few have most of the readership.

There are thousands of articles on TC and I had to read this one.

By: Verblist

Verblist — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:00:43 +0000

I agree with you a lot of people who buy the Iphone for the 1st time are not really aware of the capabilities that it has let alone the hundred’s of apps for it.
They use it for the basic needs of the phone up until someone enlightens them with other things they can do with it. Then slowly they begin to explore and experiment with different apps.

Always glad to be of help,

verblist
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By: gogetemguy

gogetemguy — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:31:32 +0000

point taken, well played sir. didn’t think about it that way.
I guess I’m of the opinion that with the right (search) technology you could have the best of both worlds. Would it not be beneficial to highlight the scarcity of apps in certain categories, thereby helping to highlight the gaps where more apps are needed?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:47:26 +0000

@Justin. +1