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Should you use video to promote your mobile app?

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  There is a lot of material on the Internet explaining the benefits of video for promoting anything, including mobile applications. At first glance this is logical. Videos attract more attention than text or images. However, the reality is not so rosy. I created a modified version of the R Mahjong application that allows AI bots to play against each other and records videos of the games played. Everything seems to be fine. Just record 300 videos and post them on YouTube. However, I immediately have a question: will anyone watch this? Even if the AI played stronger than the strongest mahjong player, no one would watch it. Well, perhaps a strong professional will watch a couple of videos to see if there is anything interesting in them for him. How many such people are there? Several people. However, this is not even the real problem. The problem is that no one will watch even very interesting videos, because these videos are practically invisible. What does “the video clip is practi...
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 Why has Google search gotten worse? The opinion that Google search has become worse is widespread on the Internet:  Here I want to look at how Google search works when searching for YouTube videos, what it might be related to, and what affects it. Let's consider a specific case. If you type the name of the December Glow's Voice video into Google and select “Video,” Google will give you links to anything (to other resources (not YouTube), covers in Russian, etc.). But not on the original original clip, which was uploaded to YouTube on Dec 25. 2012. Unfortunately, the number of views of this very beautiful song is only 12,431. However, other videos (the same covers) have an even lower number of views. Could it be the backlinks? However, if we check the backlinks in Free Backlink Checker by Ahrefs and Free Backlink checker - SEO Review Tools on the original clip and on the video that Google search returned, then both tools will show zero links. It looks like older videos are bei...
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 Another reason to play Mahjong:                                    Work and mahjong: Hong Kong's secrets to longevity Probably Japanese mahjong is even more healing 😄 And now no jokes.  Indeed, there are scientific studies that support the health benefits of playing mahjong. For example, the article “Playing Mahjong for 12 Weeks Improved Executive Function in Elderly People With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Study of Implications for TBI-Induced Cognitive Deficits” [1] shows improved executive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment who played mahjong 3 once a week for 12 weeks. It is also suggested that playing mahjong may have a beneficial effect on people with the consequences of TBI. In another study, “An exploratory study of the effect of mahjong on the cognitive functioning of persons with dementia” [2] 62 older adults with mild to moderate dementia p...
 Below is a list of sites that link to R Mahjong. Some of these sites have not updated information about R Mahjong for several years, such as:   https://c.apk-cloud.com/arttech-games/com.arttech.rmahjong https://apkeasy.com/jp/r-mahjong-riichi-mahjong-for-4-players/com-arttech-rmahjong/   https://apk-dl.com/r-mahjong-%E2%80%93-riichi-mahjong-for-4-players/com.arttech.rmahjong    The remaining sites provide the current version of R Mahjong: https://apksfull.com/r-mahjong-riichi-mahjong-for-4-players/com.arttech.rmahjong   https://www.androidrank.org/application/r_mahjong_riichi_mahjong_for/com.arttech.rmahjong   https://sameapk.com/r-mahjong-%e2%80%93-riichi-mahjong-for-4-players/ https://apkpure.com/cn/r-mahjong-–-riichi-mahjong-for/com.arttech.rmahjong   https://appagg.com/android-games/casino/r-mahjong-riichi-mahjong-33035966.html?hl=cs https://apkbundles.com/r-mahjong-%e2%80%93-riichi-mahjong-for-4-players.aab   https://apkpure.live/r-mahj...
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  For competing apps, ahrefs.com shows more links. However, these same sites also link to my application.
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