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Making Money With Android

Personal blog · makingmoneywithandroid.com · on HN as obviatorstartupsprogramming

Making Money With Android is a personal blog at makingmoneywithandroid.com about startups and programming. Since 2011, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times, most often “First Month on the Android Market”. The last post was in 2013, but the archive is still widely read.

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14mentions?
3HN people?
2011–2012first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 10 in 2011

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog for its account of earning money from Android apps. One commenter cites a post on first-month app revenue for an estimate of about $1 per 1,000 ad impressions.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

How to make money with Android. One developer's journey to making an income from Android apps. The goal: $1000 a month.

The author on HN?

obviator · 231 karma · member since 2010

Android Developer, Web Developer and Musician from Queensland, Australia. Currently blogging at http://makingmoneywithandroid.com/

From their public HN profile, which links to this site.

Most-linked posts?

  1. First Month on the Android Market
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-06-20

What Hacker News says?

  1. plasma · 2012-01-05
    I have previously looked into ad revenue for mobile apps, and it suggests $1.00 for every 1,000 impressions. http://makingmoneywithandroid.com/2011/05/first-month-on-the... You could always price your app at 99c to begin with and see how you go? It sounds like your app may be suitable in terms of impressions (kids will re-open the app more than once, to see more ads, etc). But its an experiment I suppose. Try sellin…

    Comment linking /2011/05/first-month-on-the-android-market/

    on “Ask HN: Is iAds publishing right for me?”
  2. obviator · 2011-09-05

    Submitted How to make $250 a day (and get banned from the Android Market) as a story · 122 points

    HN discussion
  3. obviator · 2011-06-20

    Submitted First Month on the Android Market as a story · 52 points

    HN discussion
  4. obviator · 2012-01-23

    Submitted Android Income Report #7 (Indie dev makes over $1000/month) as a story · 18 points

    HN discussion
  5. obviator · 2011-06-22

    Submitted Hacker News: The Aftermath as a story · 11 points

    HN discussion
  6. obviator · 2012-05-17

    Submitted Android Income Report #8 - Nine Ad Networks, Over $200/day as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  7. obviator · 2011-06-30

    Submitted Free Google+ Invites as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  8. AliCollins · 2012-03-15

    Submitted AIDE – Develop Android Apps on Android as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  9. obviator · 2011-12-21

    Submitted Over 700,000 Android devices activated each day as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  10. obviator · 2011-11-26

    Submitted Crowdsourced Testing for Android App Developers as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  11. AliCollins · 2011-06-23

    Submitted Hacker News: The Aftermath as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  12. obviator · 2011-09-26

    Submitted Android Income Report #4 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. obviator · 2011-09-26

    Submitted Facebook Android App Crashes With Intent.ACTION_SEND as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. obviator · 2011-09-29

    Submitted The Benefits of Positive Feedback as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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