2.2 iPhone Bug Impacts on your App Marketing Activity

[foxtucker]

A bug released in iphone 2.1 hasn't been fixed in iPhone 2.2 - It'll continue to have an impact on developers marketing activity.

Read: Apple DIDN'T Fix the Wireless iTunes App Store Bug that's screwing Users and App Developers alike

[jclardy]

The straight up links copied from the app store don't work, but links on touch arcade, and links from linktoapp.com work.

[RickMaddy]

Strange. When I try using linktoapp.com in Mobile Safari on my OS 2.1 iPod Touch it doesn't work - same error as just entering the direct App Store link. But on my OS 2.2 iPhone it works.

Nevermind. I was confused. In 2.2 I can now click on an a link such as http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/M...293249989&mt=8 in Mobile Safari and it takes me to the store just fine. But in 2.1 it doesn't work.

So why does this article say this wasn't fixed in 2.2? Oh I see, the article is using a link of the form

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M...295705470&mt=8

it seems replacing 'itunes' with 'phobos' makes it work.

[foxtucker]

Originally Posted by jclardy

The straight up links copied from the app store don't work, but links on touch arcade, and links from linktoapp.com work.

Links in the Apple's own RSS feeds, which are heavily syndicated inc. iTunes App Store RSS Feeds use the new "itunes" link, as do ALL of the affiliate links generated by linkshare.com

Yes, the old 'phobos' links on my webapp version at Daily iPhone Apps Chart work, But it's a real pain in the **** to maintain and despite a couple of thousand users per day, it simply doesn't pay off as I can no longer use the affiliate links for the whopping 5% commission