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Re:Get Rid of the App Store’s “Top” Lists by orky56 on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @02:50AM (#5897929)
The great thing is that Google has replaced their old Featuring concept with 2 sections of slots based on a recommendation algorithm. It recommends you a particular game/app based on what you have already installed on your device and other data. Despite this, it still recommends you games/apps you already have installed. Very surprising indeed!
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Re:Get Rid of the App Store’s “Top” Lists by dquail on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @02:56AM (#5897951)
From what I understand, google is even going further. They're ranking based on the usage of installed apps. ie. an app installed and never used is ranked much lower than one that's installed and used daily.
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