App Store Takes A Page From The Amazon Playbook
If you ‘ve ever shopped on Amazon ‘s web site, you are probably familiar with the ‘Also Bought ‘ suggestion system that offers items to compliment the purchase you ‘re presently contemplating, dressed up* as ‘Customers who bought this item also bought ‘.
Apple has now taken this concept to the App Store. Below the App ‘s reviews, you ‘ll see a similar set of suggestions:
Yet another way in which Apple is changing the face of the App Store. At the very least, there are some similar/related apps to check out without having to navigate the search feature. That ‘s a good thing.
* Some time ago, I looked up a Tom Clancy book on Amazon. One of the items that customers ‘also bought ‘ was another Tom Clancy book that wasn ‘t due to be released for another few days “ draw your own conclusions
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A step in the right direction. Next, factor in if those also bought/downloads were rated highly by others and you've got something! If its just that people download all the free Navigation apps then that's less helpful…
It recommended the other Tom Clancy book because people preordered it.
As I recall, the book was not available for pre-order; if it was, I'd have pre-ordered it!