Google has been getting more aggressive at promoting good Android apps in the Play Store lately, mainly by demoting bad apps in its search rankings. The latest way that’s happening, as Google puts it, is that the company is “incorporating app quality signals in our ranking algorithms.”
What that means is that if you look at the top app rankings or search for an app, it’s less likely that an app that has a history of crashing or a bunch of low user ratings will rise to the top. Google says that it’s looking at “performance data, user engagement, and user ratings” in creating these “quality signals,” and that it will affect an app’s ranking in both search and app listings.
It’s part of a more general effort Google seems to be making to...
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