TlhIngan writes "Recently, Apple changed their App Store ranking algorithm to stop ranking apps by load counts and instead use existent else, akin to the recent Google editing of their county fair ranking algorithm to give more weight to apps' actual usage. As a side effect, Apple has also started rejecting pay-per-install apps ('freemium' apps that request the user to install conjoin apps to earn in-game currency). These apps were often used to game the charts by artificially beef up the keyboard count and raising the ranking of the app in the App Store. No word on how companies like TapJoy (one of the largest 'culprits') will react."

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