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Re:Carmageddon now on iOS, free for first day by tharris0101 on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @11:38AM (#4664903)
This is how bad the new app store is: I search for "Carmageddon". Result #1 is an app called "Armageddon". Result #2 is "Carmageddon". In what search algorithm does a direct title hit not make that the first result?
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Re:Carmageddon now on iOS, free for first day by e1ven on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @12:13PM (#4665099)
It's rough, because when you do have direct match searches come in first, you get apps trying to name themselves directly after the search.

FLASHLIGHT PRO

GAMES: The best card game ever.

FOO: The Barrest blah blah.

Doing it this way discourages SEO-naming. I don't know if that's why Apple does it this way, but it's a nice side effect

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Re:Carmageddon now on iOS, free for first day by psgibbs on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @11:44AM (#4664925)
Result number 4 for me, after Armageddon Racing, Omega Drive, and Worms 2: Armageddon
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Re:Carmageddon now on iOS, free for first day by bruceboughton on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @11:52AM (#4664967)
Result #1 for me in the UK, with the obvious rip-off, Amargeddon, at #2.
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Re:Carmageddon now on iOS, free for first day by jamesjguthrie on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @12:43PM (#4665290)
Just searched for it myself in the UK, Armageddon came up first.
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Re:Carmageddon now on iOS, free for first day by stephen_gareth on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @11:49AM (#4664947)
Top row. Middle tile. Search results are not indexed so top row, middle tile could actually be the top result?
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Re:Carmageddon now on iOS, free for first day by 3JPLW on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @12:34PM (#4665232)
On iPhone, it's indexed. #4 for me. Four painstakingly slow swipes to the right.
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