Tag Cloud with Every App in iTunes App Store • Hacker News Board

Re: Tag Cloud with Every App in iTunes App Store

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Post by Noanonymity » Thu, Jul 02, 2009, 2:14 AM UTC

Makes it apparent that the app store is dominated by travel guides and audiobooks

Re: Tag Cloud with Every App in iTunes App Store

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Post by dbachelder » Thu, Jul 02, 2009, 2:16 AM UTC

wtf is a Travelto?

Re: Tag Cloud with Every App in iTunes App Store

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Post by Oompa » Thu, Jul 02, 2009, 2:17 AM UTC

Seems releasing a free, limited app, is quite popular. Perhaps Apple should add a demo feature?

Re: Tag Cloud with Every App in iTunes App Store

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Post by Batsu » Thu, Jul 02, 2009, 2:37 AM UTC

I find it somewhat amusing that "Offline" appears so much, given that it's an always connected device... coverage pending, of course.

Re: Tag Cloud with Every App in iTunes App Store

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Post by erikahoxie » Thu, Jul 02, 2009, 2:51 AM UTC

This is really neat. I've been wondering about how to see everything in the app store. What a fantastic use of that data - how were you able to harvest it? And what is a "Supafan"?

Re: Tag Cloud with Every App in iTunes App Store

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Post by Timothee » Thu, Jul 02, 2009, 4:30 AM UTC

Noanonymity wrote: post #2

Makes it apparent that the app store is dominated by travel guides and audiobooks

It might change for the best with the new OS. I suppose the main reason there are so many travel guides and books applications is because a different content in basically the same app required a different app. 3.0 should allow having the same app and buy extra content (extra city, book) inside the app.

Re: Tag Cloud with Every App in iTunes App Store

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Post by wmblaettler » Thu, Jul 02, 2009, 8:31 PM UTC

I think a tag cloud based on the number of installs of the app would be interesting. As such the most installed apps' tags would be the largest. Just because Travel is the most frequent tag in the store, it doesn't mean that travel-tagged apps are the most installed.