-Google is becoming increasingly strict with Google Play Store applications that do not comply with its rules.
The Google Play has always differentiated from competing platforms by not validate "a priori", that is to say before the publication of applications. In less than 1 hour 30, the application or update is online and the millions of Android users can then install it. While there are robots that verify that the best known malware are not present, but there is no manual verification made that point. This system is very advantageous for publishers who can quickly submit content, including bug fixes.
Limits are quickly reached when the malware was not detected and corrupted copies of applications / popular games are downloaded by thousands of users. The method chosen by Google to be "a posteriori", that is to say after the user feedback that indicate abnormal operation or improper description.Not long ago, nearly 60,000 applications have been removed from the store to remove content that was not his place. Unfortunately this change of direction begins to take its toll, because the selection seems arbitrary. AndroidPolice spoke recently eviction Hazard Rush game because of its description:
Sit on the edge of your bus, train, subway, or office toilet seat as you evade enemies, trigger bombs, collect multipliers and in pursuit of your high scores. Hazard Rush is half snake, half Geometry Wars, and half Temple Run (That last one is maybe just SEO).The publisher behind the game here saw a way to make a joke, but Google did not have the sense of humor making this description as a way to be better referenced on Google Play. The situation has changed since then ... but required the submission of the game in a new package name.The story does not stop in so good way, because it is now the turn of Android UI Patterns to be removed overnight, without even allowing the developer to justify. The rationale of Google:
This is a notice That your application, Android UI Patterns, with package ID com.groidify.uipatterns, has-been removed from the Google Play Store.
REASON FOR REMOVAL: Violation of intellectual property and the impersonation behavior or deceptive provisions of the Content Policy. Please Refer to the IP Infringement impersonation policy and help section for more information.This application was very convenient for developers because it brought together many links to the most famous libraries of Android. At first there was no problem with the content, insofar as everything was under an open source license. The application was very much appreciated by users with more than 33,000 downloads, 2030 views and an average of 4.85 / 5. Shocked when the developer has notified its users on Google+.Rich Hyndman, an evangelist at Google Android, which saw the message quickly realized the problem: the use of the word Android in the title of the application. You've probably noticed that hundreds of applications also mention this in their title, but rather as "for Android".Guidelines on the Android brand, we can indeed read:
"Android" By Itself cannot be used in the name of application name year gold accessory product. Instead use "for Android".Android UI Patterns removing, Google is merely following the rules that the developer should have consulted. Speak of an "Apple-ization" of the Mountain View giant seems unwarranted here, but this is the method used most shocking. Why not have prevented the developer before the complete removal? However, there is a form to use, but Google Google generally remains inflexible.Android brand is less well known as Galaxy as a recent survey has shown. Wanting to protect the name, Google aims to avoid generating confusion among users.Before publishing an application on the Play Store, so be sure to:
- Do not SEO hidden by putting the names of other applications
- Do not use directly the word Android in the title, but rather for Android
- Read part Distribute Android developer site.
The Google Play has always differentiated from competing platforms by not validate "a priori", that is to say before the publication of applications. In less than 1 hour 30, the application or update is online and the millions of Android users can then install it. While there are robots that verify that the best known malware are not present, but there is no manual verification made that point. This system is very advantageous for publishers who can quickly submit content, including bug fixes.
Limits are quickly reached when the malware was not detected and corrupted copies of applications / popular games are downloaded by thousands of users. The method chosen by Google to be "a posteriori", that is to say after the user feedback that indicate abnormal operation or improper description.Not long ago, nearly 60,000 applications have been removed from the store to remove content that was not his place. Unfortunately this change of direction begins to take its toll, because the selection seems arbitrary. AndroidPolice spoke recently eviction Hazard Rush game because of its description:
Sit on the edge of your bus, train, subway, or office toilet seat as you evade enemies, trigger bombs, collect multipliers and in pursuit of your high scores. Hazard Rush is half snake, half Geometry Wars, and half Temple Run (That last one is maybe just SEO).The publisher behind the game here saw a way to make a joke, but Google did not have the sense of humor making this description as a way to be better referenced on Google Play. The situation has changed since then ... but required the submission of the game in a new package name.The story does not stop in so good way, because it is now the turn of Android UI Patterns to be removed overnight, without even allowing the developer to justify. The rationale of Google:
This is a notice That your application, Android UI Patterns, with package ID com.groidify.uipatterns, has-been removed from the Google Play Store.
REASON FOR REMOVAL: Violation of intellectual property and the impersonation behavior or deceptive provisions of the Content Policy. Please Refer to the IP Infringement impersonation policy and help section for more information.This application was very convenient for developers because it brought together many links to the most famous libraries of Android. At first there was no problem with the content, insofar as everything was under an open source license. The application was very much appreciated by users with more than 33,000 downloads, 2030 views and an average of 4.85 / 5. Shocked when the developer has notified its users on Google+.Rich Hyndman, an evangelist at Google Android, which saw the message quickly realized the problem: the use of the word Android in the title of the application. You've probably noticed that hundreds of applications also mention this in their title, but rather as "for Android".Guidelines on the Android brand, we can indeed read:
"Android" By Itself cannot be used in the name of application name year gold accessory product. Instead use "for Android".Android UI Patterns removing, Google is merely following the rules that the developer should have consulted. Speak of an "Apple-ization" of the Mountain View giant seems unwarranted here, but this is the method used most shocking. Why not have prevented the developer before the complete removal? However, there is a form to use, but Google Google generally remains inflexible.Android brand is less well known as Galaxy as a recent survey has shown. Wanting to protect the name, Google aims to avoid generating confusion among users.Before publishing an application on the Play Store, so be sure to:
- Do not SEO hidden by putting the names of other applications
- Do not use directly the word Android in the title, but rather for Android
- Read part Distribute Android developer site.
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