I entered acme weather I got an ad and 2 other weather apps before the actual target of my search showed up. Now -I would naively expect- the first item to be the best textual match for my search. Clearly Apple has a different idea of how search results are ordered (popularity? rating?)
Now I’m not going to use the Doctorow S-word. But I’ll sure imply it!
Yes, you would think so, but that’s not the modern way. I believe I mentioned it before, but Amazon’s search engine is even worse. I type in some (short) product description, then choose the exact product that I want from the resulting dropdown menu, and the product I chose from the offerings is not even on the results page—anywhere.
I feel your pain.
Use quotes when searching for a specific bit of text. That is, “acme weather” This makes it the first result after the paid placements. This is pretty much how search engines have worked for 30 years.
I have never had the search words appear first in the App Store, never. Ads are always first. And sometimes I have to scroll. Nothing new to see here.
That said, acme weather appears second for me after the ad, without quotes.
That still will never work for App Store searches. Ad app always appear first.
Well, sure it works, it’s the first result after the paid placements. Just as every other search engine that accepts ads.
Well, what I saw (no quotes on the search term) was the most conforming result was third, one ad and 2 other weather apps. That’s what surprised/disappointed me. Ads just disgust me, but as we all know, they’re a fact of life on the Internet.