This is why Google is king

feedmyapp.com

8 points·jmonegro··9 comments

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I'm sorry, but who gets to rate the apps?

I think it's fairly accurate. Google's APIs is the standard library of the web, imo.

I can't tell how the data is collected. Hell, I would have expected as a visitor to the site:

a) explanation where the rating comes from

b) be able to rate stuff myself.

But there you have it. But maybe I'm just too used to the way the AppStore lets users rate + review apps.

All i see is a bunch of ads, no way to vote, no figures how many "votes" there have been... soo.. scam?

edit: plus the "hey, buy ads on our site!" all over the place

Hello everyone, I am Simone Susini ofthe Feedmyapp Team. The ranking is based on Alexa and what you see in the link is a bug due to the fact that all third-level domains are the same for Alexa ranking. The ranking is visible only in list view or in the app page but not in the Thunmb list view. Sorry for this problem, we are looking for a different ranking to work with third level to resolve it.

In case you don't get it right away, they are sorted by top rated/most ranked through that link. See something in common?

It looks like a Google Sponsored Ad.

my jquery plug-in is listed there, it is not google's though I am glad to find it listed there

(http://code.google.com/p/js-hotkeys/)

why do the votes on this obscure website signify anything?

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