My game GladiatorZ got approved abouty a week ago and I got only 4  new users. Is there a way to make a game more popular without buying advertisements?

Well you would be able to get installs if myspace would just put the recently popular list back on the main page of apps again, so us small developers have a chance. Refer to this forum

http://developer.myspace.com/Community/forums/t/10143.aspx

For more information on this. Feel free to post there too.

 Complaints in both of these threads have been forwarded to our team.

 

thanks,

Joel

Is there a way to get my game shown on the game tab ?

 Apps which fit into our quality guidelines will be considered for the featured apps section. You'd need to email the appID and app description to developerrelations@myspace-inc.com for consideration.

 

thanks,

Joel

 Joel,

Can you give us a list of the guidelines so we dont waste your teams as well as our own time submitting apps that have no hope of being aproved.

Kathy

These are not terms of use guidelines but general guidelines of quality. Quality games have a better chance of being listed as featured apps. Developers that submit an app for consideration will have their app reviewed by several people who will decide whether the game is a "good" game. Sorry if this is vague but there are no hard guidelines for this particular kind of app submission, unlike the regular app approval process.

 could you please be just a little more specific joel as to what constitutes a GOOD APP

WHY CANT US DEVELOPERS HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THEN ON THE MAIN PAGE OF APPS SECTION! WE NEED IT! Us small developers depand on the recently popular list to get our apps noticed. from the last 2 month installs and profits have been down 90%. And Myspace is the only ones that can help us. By added a section on the main page of apps section list i made above in image format.

"Could you please be just a little more specific joel as to what constitutes a GOOD APP"

In general, I would say an app that is engaging to the user, is original, fun, and has replay value. More specifically, an app that is not simply listed to temporarily drive traffic to get a short burst of ad revenue by copying a pre-existing app and renaming it, or using and manipulating image icons of other games, or any other such techniques which drive up popularity but result in a poor user experience. Users quickly stop playing bad apps like these since the only purpose the app served was to ride the brief wave of recent popularity based on this listing criterion in order to provide a short term benefit to the developer. As a result, some developers will constantly push out low quality apps like this - using many of the aforementioned listing techniques - whose sole purpose is to drive this temporary traffic. 

"Good" apps are apps that users will tell their frends about because they are engaging. Apps that don't provide this level of engagement, when given too much exposure, obviously hurt the site since they diminish the end user's overall experience and may drive the user away completely. This is why we have been working on new methods of app listings which will be more geared towards quality apps while still rewarding the small developers who are innovative.

A "Featured App" is the highest example of a "good app". Apps will be put in this section if our reviewers feel they are truly exceptional. If you have developed a quality and original game, you are welcome to ask developerrelations@myspace-inc.com for consideration for the app to be displayed in the Featured Apps section.

 

 

thanks,

Joel

I'm sorry for getting upset Joel. I to am working on some Interactive applications as well. But my question is, If this is true with the Featured and Suggested app section. How come they don't rotate around on the main page off apps, I mean aren't you also giving users a much worse user experience not having fresh applications on the main page of the app section? The suggested app section is showing the same 6 apps from when you did the change. And so are most of the Featured list. I'm sorry if i don't understand the train of thought that went into this idea. I understand the lower grade the flash apps are offering, But I'm sure you had a lot more players with them. The main page of apps don't ever change. That in it self is not giving the users a good experience either. So in fact its hurting your Users and your developers alike.

I can assure all of you that we're not trying to give smaller developers a hard time here. We are actively working on improved algorithms to help good smaller apps get more exposure while giving the end user the best possible experience, and we have been listening to the feedback of the developers on these forums. The idea of using rotations of different kinds of apps is also being considered as you mentioned.

 

thanks,

Joel

Joel its even harder for us small developers. I am getting maybe 40 installs now, in a 3 day frame. Thats really hurting us. I have also noticed a lot of developers that where making apps are no longer making apps because its being hard. Anything new on helping us small developers to be noticed??

Joel I noticed Myspace had an app on the Newest apps section. Please take note in how many installs you get on that app. Then you will see how many installs we are truly getting on our apps. It there anything you (Myspace) could do to help us out??

Until we have a better algorithm in place which will list recently popular games (which is in development), while taking into account developers who are 'gaming' the system and while taking into account the quality of the game itself, our recently popular section will probably not be prominently displayed.

 

Sorry,

Joel