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If you develop and publish your DApp on whatever platform ( ETH, EOS, TRX , etc. ), what does it take for your Dapp to be at the top position for specific keyword or tag based queries ?

Do these DApp platforms have a built-in search engine with proprietary ranking algorithms ?

Also, is it possible to buy ad spaces and links to your DApp from someone else's DApp?
Just like you would advertise your websites on  the regular web.

Nice questions. I am aslo interested in these problems.

In my opinion, DApps are the same Apps. But Apps have to run in the host servers, if servers are shutdown then Apps die. DApps will run forever if it is still used by users. So, I think your problems about DApps will also solved as same as they work in App.

By the way, I have a question too. Is there DApp store, likes Google Play or Apple's App store?

If with Dapp Store you mean just a place where you can do the DApp discovery and use them as well , yes, you can do that with some wallets.
For ETH DApps i only am aware of Parity UI and Vault.io.
They both have DApp discovery and interaction.

But i still haven't figure out how those wallets rank the DApps in the directory.
Especially when the user does a keyword /tag based search , or he simply is browsing by category.

Probably the ranking algorithm is specific to the wallet, so we should directly ask the Parity or Vault.io team.
Another thing... from the Parity wiki I've read that you have to spend 1 ETH just to publish your DApp!! That's crazy.
Check this https://wiki.parity.io/Register-your-DAPP-for-discovery

That is problem about what I have not given much thought. Now that you have mentioned it, I also would like to know about it. Such information will be helpfull.

Dapp is itself an app, so it can run on its own without any external sites. But if you wanna go search for the dapp, you might do it in some wallets which provides the information about dapp. Also the parity will provide information if you query about it.

I'm also interested in these problems. DApps are the same apps but Apps have to run by the host servers,if servers are shutdown then apps die. DApps will run forever if it's still used by users.

I have the same question. I would like to know about DApp platform, if they really have built-in search engine capable of doing the algorithms. How do they work?

There are a lot of variables that play a part on how the search engine behaves on platforms that are already available such as for ETH there is Parity UI, Vault io. This discovery system applies to some wallets but not all. The ranking system is probably based on the specific algorithm to the wallet as nothing can be said for sure. With time we'll probably be able to see such a search engine for DApps that cater to a wider audience not just a specific one.

AFAIK usually the wallets rank the DApps based on user likes/feedback by default.
PlayStore ranking also is based mostly on that parameter.

So you need just to develop a useful and cool DApp and promote it properly.