[fsckin]

The developer knows how App Store SEO works, but this seems like an attempt to get some free press using the hotbutton complaint about App Store SEO as a ploy.

Here's the list of apps they've published: "Timer :" "Mirror ◎" "Launch Center Pro" "Gas Cubby - Fuel Economy (MPG, Mileage) Calculator and Car Maintenance & Service Log" "Trip Cubby • Mileage Log for Tax Deduction or Reimbursement" "Tweet Speaker - Listen to Twitter"

Guess which ones have more sales? Their better SEO optimized apps sell better. SEO could have scaled his $5k/month (not bad!) results by a factor of 3x, 5x? Maybe more?

This app doesn't even rank for it's own name (searching for "Timer :". Don't complain about it, fix it!

Perhaps it's the best timer application ever, and it might very well be... but this seems like poor form.

[mattberg]

Definitely agree that he knows how to work the SEO. It just strikes me as funny to complain about a competitors app using his app name in their keywords, yet using "Timer :" is basically just using someone else's app name with a seemingly arbitrary character at the end. "Angry Birds :" sounds like a cool game.