References to the algo change? Because I’ve had some thoughts around their new metadata changes, that sideloaded apps had previously counted towards downloads (https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/06/google-play-security-metadata-and.html).
Discussion here: https://forum.unity.com/threads/sudden-drop-in-number-of-daily-installs-on-google-play-store.537467/
Hope they “fix it soon” this is a nightmare for us indies!
I have never tried Kidoz for my kids games but I’m considering it. Before implementing the SDK, I’d like to have a general idea of what to expect for eCPM. For those using Kidoz, can you please share if you are happy with the eCPM on both Android and on iOS? Thank you in advance for any replies.
Hey guys, just wanted to chime in a little for all the newcomers to this thread, figuring: “What’s going on with Kidoz?”
The issues mentioned in this thread were resolved as fast as possible by newest Kidoz SDK update, which was implemented by Corona straight away. You can use Kidoz Corona plugin like before, without any hiccups.
Also, if I can ask you politely to move the discussion of a download drop caused by Google’s change of algorithms to another thread, as it has nothing to do with Corona or Kidoz directly and may mislead Corona users, who just came to this thread, figuring out, what that means for Kidoz and what they should do about it.
Well the drop i see is VERY much connected to suspension i got from using the kidoz adds
Also kidoz wasn’t very help full , responding to mails or admitted that the problems was theres
there #1 focus was to get there adds working
any how
BE WARNED
if you use Kidoz you are taking a risk
it may be safe for now but what appens next time google do a update ??
for me its not worth risking my account for it
At first I too thought my drop in downloads was related to Kidoz, but it appears that it was just a coincidence that the algo change https://www.google.se/amp/s/www.xda-developers.com/developers-huge-drop-new-installs-play-store-algorithm-changes/amp/) occurred just after the Kidoz issues. Personally I don’t think Kidoz are any better or worse than other ad networks in terms of operational risk, they (and we) were just ‘unlucky’ that Googled reacted so strongly on the YouTube API issue.