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Re:The number two paid app on iOS is based on a $10 GameSala... by tlack on Thursday February 06, 2014 @10:13PM (#7194615)
Is there a good summary out there of all the ways black hats try to game the Apple Appstore?
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Re:The number two paid app on iOS is based on a $10 GameSala... by Tloewald on Thursday February 06, 2014 @10:33PM (#7194669)
My casual experience with the app store was that when I put my game up for sale I got contacted by people offering me good reviews, traffic, etc., which I turned down. (I thought my game was pretty good and would sell itself.) I got a bunch of viciously negative reviews which were always updated whenever I released a new version.

It seems like the black-hattery is pretty straightforward -- brute force.

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Re:The number two paid app on iOS is based on a $10 GameSala... by joeguilmette on Friday February 07, 2014 @02:00AM (#7195141)
what's the name of the game? i'll give it a shot!
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Re:The number two paid app on iOS is based on a $10 GameSala... by Tloewald on Friday February 07, 2014 @07:22AM (#7195934)
Manta 2010 -- but it's sorely in need of an update
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Re:The number two paid app on iOS is based on a $10 GameSala... by CodeWithCoffee on Friday February 07, 2014 @07:48AM (#7196016)
This article summarise one of the techniques that has been used recently: http://www.tuaw.com/2014/01/10/the-strange-shady-world-of-1-....
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