Comments on: Hot Scripts trends: most searched-for scripts in 2009 http://www.hotscripts.com/blog/searched-scripts-hot-scripts/ Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Marshall http://www.hotscripts.com/blog/searched-scripts-hot-scripts/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Marshall Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:55:29 +0000 http://www.hotscripts.com/blog/?p=912#comment-128 True, perhaps, but identifying the trends and using them to determine your strategy is far superior to throwing a dart at a dartboard and deciding to code up an app to make ASCII art because the dart landed on "text rendering". True, perhaps, but identifying the trends and using them to determine your strategy is far superior to throwing a dart at a dartboard and deciding to code up an app to make ASCII art because the dart landed on “text rendering”.

]]> By: Andrew Rae http://www.hotscripts.com/blog/searched-scripts-hot-scripts/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Andrew Rae Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:34:54 +0000 http://www.hotscripts.com/blog/?p=912#comment-123 Thanks for sharing these stats with us Ahmad. Remember! Going with the trends is not always the best choice. Thanks for sharing these stats with us Ahmad.

Remember! Going with the trends is not always the best choice.

]]> By: Marshall http://www.hotscripts.com/blog/searched-scripts-hot-scripts/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Marshall Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:56:39 +0000 http://www.hotscripts.com/blog/?p=912#comment-122 It's interesting to know what kinds of scripts are most in-demand because it give us developers an idea of where our efforts might be most fruitful. Thanks for the insightful information! On the other hand, within any of these categories if there are already a handful of killer apps then creating another script for that category might not be the best way to spend time after all. To get an even better idea of where the demand is for not-yet-undeveloped apps, it would be interesting to compare the popularity of these search types with the popularity of the actual apps returned in these searches. If for example, to pick one of the categories in the article at random, if there are a huge number of searches for Clone Scripts but the average rating of all of the Clone Scripts is lower than the average rating in other script types, and the actual number of Clone Scripts with high ratings is very low (compared to other categories), then that's a good sign that the world is in need of a few really good Clone Scripts. Knowing the number of scripts within each category, the average ratings of those scripts, and the raw number of how many of them are highly-rated, and being able to compare those numbers to the popularity of the search terms as you wrote about them in your article would give developers a strong indicator of where their wheels will gain the most traction. And will eventually lead to more users getting exactly the scripts they need. (Not to mention that this win/win for developers and users would in turn make your site even more popular for both. So it's really a win/win/win.) :) Just a thought. Marshall It’s interesting to know what kinds of scripts are most in-demand because it give us developers an idea of where our efforts might be most fruitful. Thanks for the insightful information!

On the other hand, within any of these categories if there are already a handful of killer apps then creating another script for that category might not be the best way to spend time after all. To get an even better idea of where the demand is for not-yet-undeveloped apps, it would be interesting to compare the popularity of these search types with the popularity of the actual apps returned in these searches.

If for example, to pick one of the categories in the article at random, if there are a huge number of searches for Clone Scripts but the average rating of all of the Clone Scripts is lower than the average rating in other script types, and the actual number of Clone Scripts with high ratings is very low (compared to other categories), then that’s a good sign that the world is in need of a few really good Clone Scripts.

Knowing the number of scripts within each category, the average ratings of those scripts, and the raw number of how many of them are highly-rated, and being able to compare those numbers to the popularity of the search terms as you wrote about them in your article would give developers a strong indicator of where their wheels will gain the most traction. And will eventually lead to more users getting exactly the scripts they need. (Not to mention that this win/win for developers and users would in turn make your site even more popular for both. So it’s really a win/win/win.) :)

Just a thought.

Marshall

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