Other marketplaces and other charts

• Other Marketplaces and Their Ranking Systems

  Rank systems differ in what they measure, how visible they are and how they can be tracked. What transfers from one marketplace to another and what does not.

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• Search Position Is Not Sales Rank

  One is a published scalar; the other is a personalised, query-dependent distribution. Measuring the second properly requires a different method entirely.

  Analysis

• App Store Charts and Other Ranking Systems

  The same reasoning applies to app charts, streaming charts and book bestseller lists, with different mechanics that change what the number means.

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