Advertising in app stores is the norm, but Google is now testing surfacing apps directly in Play Store search.. Update 11/14: Google tells us this is an “organic discovery feature” and apps ...

Also, all interstitial ads in apps must be closable in 15 seconds or less in order to be allowed in the Play Store. Google also posted some examples of the kinds of in-app ads that won’t be ...

Google is trying to cut down on annoying, unskippable ads in Android apps and overall bad behavior in the Play Store (via TechCrunch).The company announced wide-ranging policy changes on Wednesday ...

Google Play Store purged nearly half its apps in the past year to enhance the platform. ... But at some point, this point was lost, as the Play Store became overrun with ads and meaningless apps.

To raise awareness about what the Play Store does, Google is launching a safety-focused advertising campaign about how you should “download apps not traps.” The one below is pretty short at 36 ...

Google has launched a large-scale cleanup operation on its Play Store, removing over 180 apps linked to an “extensive and sophisticated ad fraud scheme.” These fraudulent apps, which ...

Android Authority recently investigated version 43.7.19-31 of the Play Store app, and found something interesting: Google might soon tip you off whenever it thinks an app is a poor choice.

Over 12,000 Google Play Store apps with ads (an app-ads.txt file) failed to provide a detectable privacy policy. Mobile apps without detected privacy policies accumulated over 1.4 billion estimated ...

Effective August 31, 2024, Google is updating its Spam and Minimal Functionality policy, raising the bar the apps must meet to be featured in the Play Store.Although, from the looks of things ...

Google began removing apps from the Play Store on Aug. 31 as part of its strategy to enhance app quality, security, and user experience. Skip to content TechRepublic ...