iPhone7与iOS10发布同时,苹果将大力整顿应用商店

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今日凌晨,苹果官方给App Store的应用开发者发了一封邮件,一颗重磅炸弹突然在界内炸开。9月7日,万众瞩目的iPhone7发布会将在美国时间早上10点(北京时间9月8日凌晨一点)全球直播。

与此同时,之前的测试版本iOS10也将正式上线。其实之前就有业内权威做出过预测,新机新系统的上线势必会对应用商店产生影响,苹果可能会改变程序算法,可能会增加新的审核条例,可能通过上线其他内置应用打破原有的App Store规则。之前我们已知的就是苹果应用商店已经筹划加入苹果竞价广告,App的排名将会受到更多因素的影响。

然而就在我们妄加揣测的时候,今日凌晨突然收到了苹果发送的一封邮件——给所有开发者打的“预防针”。下面我们就一起分析一下苹果告知所有开发者的新规则。

一、大规模清理废弃或者质量审核不达标的App

苹果商店如何判定一款应用已经被废弃或者质量不达标呢?主要有以下几种指标:

1.苹果将会找出没有跟随最近新发布的版本进行兼容性升级的软件。

2.苹果也会找出那些并没有实现所宣称功能的软件,并且淘汰那些功能和版本很久不更新的应用。

3.苹果将找出那些没有按照审核对照清单进行设置修改的应用。

找出上述这些应用后,苹果官方将会给开发人员发出电子邮件,通知他们在三十天内进行修改升级。如果开发者没有按期整改,苹果将会在应用商店中彻底删除这些App。

苹果在给开发人员的电子邮件中以Quality Apps为标题,对其质量给出了更高的要求。同时也表示,上述清理废弃软件的行动不会进行回溯,即如果苹果用户过去已经下载了这些软件,并且仍在使用,将来即使苹果撤架后仍然可以继续使用。

二、缩短App名称

第二个大标题,Shorter App Names. 9月7日之后上架或者更新的应用,其应用名称不得超过五十个字符。

苹果在邮件中表示,这样的限制措施主要是防止一些人“玩弄”苹果软件店的搜索算法。比如一些软件开发者使用了很长的名字,甚至包括了一些功能描述以及和软件无关的内容,目的就是提高搜索排名,提高下载量。

苹果声称,冗长的应用名称由于不会被全部显示,因此降低了用户的使用体验。之后的应用名称需要更加精准、有效,具体的设置方法需要依据应用商店产品指南。

这样的变动势必会影响到一些知名度不太高的APP,如何度过寒流想出新的应对方法成为开发者们接下来要思考的问题。我们也将持续追踪苹果商店的新规并且为所有开发者出谋划策。最后将今日凌晨苹果发送的邮件附在结尾!

附:苹果官方邮件

Dear Developer,

We love helping customers discover innovative, useful, and exciting apps on the App Store. With more than 2 million apps available and around 100,000 new and updated apps submitted each week, there’s something for everyone. To make it easier for customers to find great apps that fit their needs, we’re implementing two suggestions from the developer community starting September 7, 2016.

Quality Apps

Quality is extremely important to us. We know that many of you work hard to build innovative apps and update your apps on the App Store with new content and features. However, there are also apps on the App Store that no longer function as intended or follow current review guidelines, and others which have not been supported with compatibility updates for a long time. We are implementing an ongoing process of evaluating apps for these issues, notifying their developers, and removing problematic and abandoned apps from the App Store.

Shorter App Names

Search is one of the most frequently used methods for customers to discover and download apps from the App Store. In hopes of influencing search results, some developers have used extremely long app names which include descriptions and terms not directly related to their app. These long names are not fully displayed on the App Store and provide no user value. App names you submit in iTunes Connect for new apps and updates will now be limited to no longer than 50 characters. You can learn more about creating effective app names, as well as icons, keywords, screenshots, and descriptions, by reading the App Store Product Page.

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