In today’s digital age, the world around us is constantly evolving. Social media, apps, laptops, phones, smart watch — they barely existed a mere 10 years ago and even then in no way resemble what we’ve evolved to today. One industry that has had to completely shift how it works is the news. Some companies […]

If you keep an eye out for all news ASO, then you might have seen a little article published by the Wall Street Journal about Apple. In it, the authors go after the tech giant, accusing Apple of rigging the App Store to promote its own apps and thwarting competitors.  The basic premise of the […]

In the Play Store, Google provides a metadata field called the “Short Description” which allows developers to enter up to 80 characters of text. This short description is displayed on the app’s page directly below the screenshots. Aside from the title, the short description is one of the main pieces of text that is visible […]

Screenshots are incredibly important on the App Store. In the search results section, you have three vertical, or one horizontal screenshot that is displayed in order to quickly introduce and convince someone that your app has features that they’re looking for. Therefore, you should be giving considerable thought and effort towards perfecting your screenshots and […]

Google’s UAC Campaigns are an extremely effective way to increase exposure and downloads for your app. Google makes creating UAC campaigns relatively simple, and they are fairly self-sustaining once they’re up and running. However, it’s still important to monitor and optimize your UAC campaigns in order to garner the best results possible. The biggest aspect […]

Localization is an essential part of ASO if you want to see you app do well beyond just your native country. Part of localization, obviously, includes having your app’s metadata in the language of the country in which you’re trying to grow your app. Up until recently, this has been a particular challenge in the […]

In case you missed it, Apple had their annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) yesterday. During the keynote, Apple introduced iOS 13, watchOS 6, iPadOS, macOS Catalina and some other exciting products & news. The overwhelming focus of WWDC this year was user privacy and better software performance for devices. Following the typical Apple calendar, iOS […]

It has long been assumed that Apple “gives” every app a list of keywords that are automatically included. Those “free” keywords include the words “free”, “app”, “apps”, “the”, “and”, along with all primary and secondary category keywords (ex: “lifestyle”, “finance”, “medical”, etc…). It’s true that even if your app doesn’t have the keyword “free” in […]

It’s easy to run a split test in the Google Play Store. Simply set up your test, add a few variants and start the test. Even though it’s that simple to start a split test, the key is making sure you’re running an effective test, one that is based on hypothesis and reason. Let’s step back […]

App Store Optimization never ends, it’s an ongoing process and strategy that needs to be constantly maintained. You have to work hard to get to the top and once you get there, it’s all too easy to soak it in, let your guard down a little bit — and you forget that just like you […]