Opinion: Apple badly needs to fix App Store search, but not by paid placements<div class="feat-image">
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<p>We <a href="
http://9to5mac.com/2016/04/14/paid-search-results-ios-app-store/" target="_blank">heard last month[/url] that Apple has a team of around 100 people working on revamping the search functionality in the iOS App Store. If true, it’s long overdue because App Store search is a truly terrible experience. You know it, I know it, developers know it, everyone in the world knows it – except, it had always appeared, the Apple execs in charge of it.</p>
<p>If Apple is actually going to fix App Store search so that it works, that’s excellent news. But one part of the report sounded distinctly less encouraging.</p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">One of the methods that Apple is considering is paid search. Essentially, developers and companies could pay to have their app shown more prominently in search results.</span></p>
<p>That gives the impression that Apple is more focused on generating additional revenue than delivering a great user experience …</p>
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http://9to5mac.com/2016/05/13/opinion-ios-app-store-search/#more-430936" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p>
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