Apple, it appears, has changed the selection criteria for inclusion in the Release Date lists. Updated apps are no longer included.
Previously apparent policy changes to the App Store — e.g., the apparent disappearance of game sub-categories — turned out to be either bugs or experiments and were quickly rolled back.
Releasing regular updates to keep your near the top of the Release Date lists was a promotional staple for many developers. Whether this constituted gaming the system or simply an incentive to regularly improve an app this change of behavior has a large impact.
Lively discussions on same at Apple’s Developer Forums (login required) and the iPhone Dev SDK Forums.
Thanks to Zulfi Shah, author of the Contact Journal, O’Reilly’s “Top Pick” amongst contact managers, for putting this on our radar. Have a news tip? Send it to team at mobileorchard dot com.
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