In addition toformally announcingthat it will be kicking off the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference with a keynote on Monday, June 13 in San Francisco, Apple yesterday quietly refreshed its portal for developers with abrand new sectiondedicated to helpful App Store resources which Apple has created to make it easier for its developers to find success on the App Store.
“Take advantage of new articles and videos designed to help you grow your business on the App Store and engage users worldwide,”saidthe company on the new “Making Great Apps for the App Store” webpage.
Theredesigned App Store webpageon Apple’s website includes a section calledDeveloper Insightsthat offers success stories and best practices by select developers who have created hit apps.
Both existing and new resources pertaining to developing for Apple platforms can be accessed through the main navigation bar at the top, such as the official App Storeguidelinesand review process,tools for submitting appsandresources for planing apps.
The new resources under thePlanning sectioninclude:
With more than 1.5 million apps to choose from and search that leaves a lot to be desired, only the best developers live to see their apps climb the charts and deserve a spot in one of Apple’s featured App Store sections.
Many other apps don’t make it to featured pages at all, which often seals their doom as they’re not surface unless customers search specifically for them. Apple is said to be making some changing to the App Store algorithm soon and is even considering paid search results, Bloombergsaidlast week.
