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		alexlin on Feb 15, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Download bots are a well-known secret of the iOS e... 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 on Feb 15, 2012 [–]

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.

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