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Re:Google Will Soon Start Punishing Mobile Sites that Use An... by dizzyviolet on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @07:26PM (#10156500)
Ohhh. I like that idea. I'm going to start doing that.
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Re:Google Will Soon Start Punishing Mobile Sites that Use An... by ianlevesque on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @08:53PM (#10156824)
Your installs are improving their App Store ranking anyway though!
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Re:Google Will Soon Start Punishing Mobile Sites that Use An... by cryptoz on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @09:54PM (#10157015)
Are they? I don't think so. And especially not if the all is uninstalled within minutes. Apple puts much more weight into the ranking than into 'total downloads' (which would be the only increasing metric in this case.
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Re:Google Will Soon Start Punishing Mobile Sites that Use An... by bduerst on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @02:05AM (#10157660)
Not if you uninstall right away.
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