I have just published my app to Google Play Store but I couldn't seem to search for it in the store and it will only appear when I search by developer name. Every time I search by the name, other apps with similar name tend to appear and my app won't even appear at the bottom. Why wouldn't it even appear at the bottom and how can I make it show?
It can sometimes take a little while for Google's app search index to update, especially for new apps. Give it a few days, if it still doesn't appear contact Google Play developer support.
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So sometimes, when you search for an app on the Play Store, it will give you a direct link to the relevant app instead of a search completion proposition (ie if you search for "Teams", the Microsoft Teams app will appear as a direct link).
How can I achieve this for my own app ?
I open https://play.google.com/ and make a search by keyword and see my app on 5 positions.
Then I open app Google Play on Android and make search by the same keyword and see my app in 10 positions.
It turns out that each has its own issue? How then do services like appfollow.com track position?
Positioning is based on a lot of factors, including your browsing history, location, language, cache and more... It is normal to have a shift in between web Play Store and app Play Store.
Web Play Store is more reactive, you will see changes more often and before the app (due to the cache system included in the app).
AppFollow uses the Google Play API, which is even wider in possibility when you give them access to your account (specially in ranking) and also some web scraping.
If you want to know more about ASO (App Store Optimization), you might be interest by those links:
https://thetool.io/aso-app-store-optimization (Initially a paid tool, but has very good articles about ASO and its factors)
and also
https://appsamurai.com/app-store-optimization-aso-guide/
I have developed an App and published the same in google play store console. Even after many days the app is not getting listed in play store while searching using App Name.
I have tried searching using the project name. Its shows my app while searching.
It's normal. It need time, interactions and downloads to scale the list.
Don't worry
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What is the practical method to remove an obsolete app in Google Play so no user accidentally install it?
Years ago I unlisted a few Google Play apps because they were obsolete and are no longer working with the current version of our service.
Still screenshots of these apps appear in Google search results, especially in the image search results.
These results come from third party sites that most likely profit from ads by cloning content from google play store. Example of these sites are apkpure, mobogenie, downloadapk, apkzip, apkgk.
These sites link back to the unlisted app in Google Play making it appear legit.
Google is very clear that you can't delete an app.
Is there a practical method to "delete" the app?
I've considered replacing all images in the Google Play listing with text such as "DO NOT INSTALL".
If you unpublish it, new users can't install it, even if they find it through search results.
I renamed my app about 6 months ago, and I've been hearing reports every once in a while that some people cannot find my app in the market. Finally, someone I knew had the problem where I could look at it. My old name was a very unique name, my new name is a few common words. So it used to be:
com.company.uniquename : Uniquename
Now it is:
com.company.uniquename : Blee Blah Bloo
If I search the new name on my tablet, my app shows up 2nd behind a totally unrelated app. However if you search "Uniquename" it still shows up (as the only result). However on my friends device, nothing shows up if you search "Blee Blah Bloo". She scanned the QR code linking to my app and could download and run it fine. Do you have any thoughts as to why it wouldn't be showing up on some devices. It is a high maturity app, could that have anything to do with it?
It takes some time for google to re-index your app after you rename it. I expect given a few days, your app will show in related search queries, also taking into account the popularity of your app.