A subscription utility app · B2C · guest's own app
Put single words separated by commas in the keyword field, not full phrases
Switched a month ago to index more keywords; no results yet
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What they did
Previously entered long-tail phrases in the App Store Connect keyword field; switched last month to comma-separated single words so Apple indexes more keyword combinations. Main keywords (4-6) belong in title and subtitle.
“I used to to use long t- long tail keywords, but uh, the last months, I learned it's- it's not the best uh, way to use it, so comma just to different uh, get different keywords and indexing different keywords, actually.”
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