[feralchimp]

> It was possibly the best way for the average indie developer to stand out without a large wallet (to buy banners).

How indie is indie?

$5k - $15k may not be considered a "large wallet" by internet advertising standards, but it's a whole lot of money by "I just wrote a great app in my spare time and want people to see it" standards.

[alexlin]

It varies. But $5k means their app can take a trip to the top 25 and gain around 8k organic users/day. You know where $5k in shotty banner ads gets you? ~2k organics tops.

Prove me wrong that $5k is a lot easier to scrape together than say... iAd's $25k minimum ad buy.

[feralchimp]

Very interesting to hear those numbers. Is that personal experience, anecdotal, or public data from someplace?

Still, an explicit "sponsored app links" section would be much better than inflation through bot-pumping.