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Title: Report: Apple might charge developers for App Store search placement Post by: HCK on April 19, 2016, 04:05:12 pm Report: Apple might charge developers for App Store search placement
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Get ready for some controversy: According to a Bloomberg report (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-14/apple-said-to-pursue-new-search-features-for-crowded-app-store), Apple is considering big changes for the iOS App Store, including paid search results a la Google.</p><p> That means developers who want to be surfaced to the top of the App Store’s search results for specific keywords would have to pay for the privilege.</p><p> That’s just one of the App Store revenue opportunities that Apple is reportedly considering. The company has put together a 100-person “secret” team—isn’t it always a secret?—made up of the remnants of its folding iAd department (http://www.macworld.com/article/3046539/privacy/how-iads-closure-proves-apples-commitment-to-privacy.html).</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3056901/software/report-apple-might-charge-developers-for-app-store-search-placement.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Report: Apple might charge developers for App Store search placement (http://www.macworld.com/article/3056901/software/report-apple-might-charge-developers-for-app-store-search-placement.html#tk.rss_all) |