How to get featured in the Chrome Web Store.

[blynn]

My app called "Chrome Editor" it has 66 users and is one of the most
successful apps on the Chrome Web Store.

I didn't get any exposure from Google advertising my app to my
knowledge.

"Chrome Editor"
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ngadjlkanemfdefcmofmkdccfkeacpgb?hl=en-US

Shouldn't my app be on the Top Paid page as well as featured in
Utilities section of the site.

I don't know why Todo.ly seems to show up everywhere and I get no
exposure.

How are web apps chosen to be featured is my question, and how can I
improve the visibility of my app on the Chrome Web Store.

[Jason Purdy]

It was mentioned before that it helps to upload Promotional Images for the app - have you done that?

http://code.google.com/chrome/webstore/docs/images.html#promo

Congrats on the app! :)

- Jason

[Gregor Hochmuth]

We'll be sharing more details in the new year on what it takes to become a featured app. The store takes into several signals and we also look for high-quality promotional images and user experiences. Stay tuned for more details!

-Greg

Gregor Hochmuth ··· Product Manager, Chrome Web Store ··· Google

[mic...@joistapp.com]

Hi Gregor, just came across this post and was wondering if there are any updates?  Would love to get our app featured for a few days!

[NodeFire]

Hi Greg,

I have an app here in the Chrome store...

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nodefire-html5-css3-trans/lhkiefejkflopfbagflkahaakmfjjdbd

Originally my promotional images were not very good. I have since updated all of them and was hoping for a second look for possible featured status.  This app outperforms my other app in the same category which is featured.  The ratings on the software, user count, etc... seem to outperform my other app as well as some other users featured apps which is why I was thinking the promotional image update might help.

No pressure, I know there is a system for featuring these things, and I understand if it does not yet meet those guidelines.

Thanks,

-Jesse

[Omnray]

Amazing work!

If anything worth to feature in dev category than this for sure must be above everything else.

Can i ask how long it was take to write all of this and the size of the dev team?

Declaimer: I am actually did not use this tool, just install and my jaw is drooped : )

[NodeFire]

Hi,

Thank you for the compliments on the software, the dev team is just me and I've been working on it for about a year now.

-Jesse

[Omnray]

Thanks for you response.
You rock - this work is a real achievement.
The program is awesome. Hope you somehow manage to return the time you spent on it (with a big profit : ).

But i feel that unlikely it is possible to be featured in Chrome Web Store even with such a work. Seems this feature reserved for somebody who can pay for it real money.

And it is okay.

The bad thing is that it is completely nontransparent of how to do so (nor how much it is cost, but it is the second problem), so in additional to money you also need a right connections. 

Best.

[Joe Marini]

No, we don't charge people for being featured in the store. It's a very meritocratic process.

We recently lost a couple of staffers who were responsible for rotating the featured apps and extensions, which is why things have slowed down a little, but we are still very much interested in making sure that we highlight great apps and extensions.

I'll see if I can find some time this week to update our featured items and will include yours in the review. No promises, of course - I'm getting ready for GDC and I/O, so this is something I'll have to find time for.

 

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[Ram Kumar]

Node-fire is just amazing.

Its hard to understand the functionality Is there a tutorial for node-fire.

[Darius Lahoutifard]

Hello Googlers @ Chrome Store.

My app got almost 5000 users, 130 likes, over 4 stars average all in less than 2 months.

I checked a few other featured apps and some of them are well below this performance.

Any chance to get featured? 

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/business-hangouts/ccbjchepdbjeemagnjpoihpkjghelnge/

Thanks in advance.

-Darius

[Daisuke Sasaki]

Hi there,

It does not seem featured apps on Chrome Web Store have been updated for a while for Japan market. My app is the only accounting App in the market and surely adds value to Web Store if featured. And, my app has been within Top 10 for around 2 months already. It is odd that most of the apps featured in the accounting category do not support Japanese and that mine, the only one accounting app supporting Japanese, is not on there. Could you please review the store for ja market too? Is there ja speaking resources to do that?

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%83%89%E4%BC%9A%E8%A8%88%E3%82%BD%E3%83%95%E3%83%88%E3%80%8Cfreee%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%80%8D/icihnobaiaolijndcikjaaifomhncjcn?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon

Thanks,

Daisuke
2010年12月22日水曜日 3時10分53秒 UTC+9 blynn:

[Kamal Kalra]

I know this is an old topic but curios how often the Google team reviews new submissions?  Is this an ad-hoc random event by Googlers when they have time or is there a dedicated team that looks after the app store and reviews apps.  This is my first time submitting an app to the Chrome app store so I'm not sure what to expect, but I'm used to the iTunes submission process where it's pretty clear that every app is reviewed (before being published) and that there is some sort of process, albeit a mysterious process. Anyway, wondering what the process at Google is.

Thanks.

[Saul Fleischman]

Hi Joe (et al),

May I ask that someone look at the "RiteTag Twitter Hashtags Grader" Chrome Extension, and evaluate for featuring?  We are a bootstrapped startup, over 4,000 current users 

of the extension, and the only service offering a proprietary hashtag grading system.  Without RiteTag, people have absolutely no 

idea, other than an unqualified recommendation, with which to use one hashtag rather than another.  RiteTag analyzes tweet 

density/hour, who is using a hashtag, how much it gets retweeted, etc., and lead users to better hashtags - in realtime, as they

type.  Kindly see https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ritetag-twitter-hashtags/flookmlccbimcdpnbblpdjhpmjlblfgg/details

and if we're worthy, feature us in the top page of the Chrome Start and also in Productivity, Social Networking, and of course, 

for the 10,000,000+ hashtags already analyzed (and growing), and the robust actionable stats we provide on them, we certainly

think we deservce featuring in Business Tools (or the sub-category, Marketing & Analytics.

Any questions or if a walk-through would help, welcome to speak with the founder and product designer - sa...@ritetag.com

Thank you for your consideration.

[Chris Benjaminsen]

Hey Greg,

I just spend a good 10 minutes looking for an official way to get an app featured.

While the official guideline seems to be that you are not accepting requests, you were hinting here that you would be sharing more details in the future.

Any news on that? 

In that regard, I would be exiected to know how I can have my app, linked below, be featured, or even ranked higher in the chrome store.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/solitaire-frvr/mplfdafmfpnlodgbkhonknngnoplghea

- Chris

[Wes Malychev]

Hey all, 

Not sure if this topic is still active, but does anyone have any advice on how to get my extension featured in the Chrome web store (link below):

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/visualping/pemhgklkefakciniebenbfclihhmmfcd/reviews

It was more reviews than other similar extensions, not sure what else needs to be done to get it featured.

-Wes

[Joe Thomas]

Hey Wes!

What's up man? Came here with the same exact question, went to the Chrome Web Store home page and saw Visualping right up there in the same feature category we'd want Openvid in too!

Any pro tips?

Thanks,

Joe

[Louis Kholodovsky]

Hello,

I have the same question - how does one get featured on the chrome web store. So far it seems like the only suggestion is to supply promotional images per this article. Are there are suggestions? And can that link be shared with non-google developers?

On Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 10:10:53 AM UTC-8, blynn wrote:

[Ramaprasanna Chellamuthu]

I have the exact same question too folks :) . 

Any new ideas / suggestions / strategy to make the app https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/xpressmail/pkbcipcglhljilljfgkgkkjeiedmnnfk featured? 

On Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 10:10:53 AM UTC-8, blynn wrote:

[Nick Timms]

Hey all, we (Drag) have been featured twice on the Chrome store. Previous to this, it was really frustrating as it's such an unknown. Sooooo I wrote a blog post on our learnings on how to get featured on Chrome store.  

I really hope it helps all those awesome Chrome extensions you have :)

[Nick Timms]

Hey all, we (Drag) have been featured twice on the Chrome store. Previous to this, it was really frustrating as it's such an unknown. Sooooo I wrote a blog post on our learnings on how to get featured on Chrome store.  

I really hope it helps all those awesome Chrome extensions you have :)

[Sharon Blatt Cohen]

Thanks for the info Nick! Have you been featured since? Do you have any new tips?

[Himanshu Ragtah]

Hey Nick,

Do you know the new point of contact for chrome web store in order to get featured?

Thanks,