Discovering great skills for homeschooling (April 2020)
Parents are suddenly finding themselves needing to home-school their children. This can feel overwhelming, especially for parents that need to work fRead More…
Category: Amazon Alexa market
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Do people give the same number of stars for Alexa skill ratings and reviews?
Ever since our reviews deep dive, we wondered whether people tended to leave better scores for rating or reviews. We figured that 5 ☆ ratings woulRead More…
Why doesn’t the Australian skill marketplace have nearly as many skills as the US? (January 2020)
We noticed something strange in this recently article on total Alexa skills by country: There are 3 times as many skills in the US skill marketplace Read More…
How to pick the best invocation name for your Alexa skill
After releasing the skill Beyonce’s Assistant, we got feedback that before enabling the skill, Alexa would say “Hmm, I have a few skills that can helRead More…
Getting serious about data analysis for voice decision-making: Notes on the Voicebot, Voices.com, and Pulse Labs’ study
Good data is important in decision-making but good interpretation of data is essential. Last November, Voicebot released their report What Consumers Read More…
A deeper look at how often Alexa skills receive reviews
If you’ve ever looked at a skill, notice that several of the reviews are on the same date, and thought to yourself, “That’s odd…”, this is the postRead More…
How many Alexa skills offer in-skill purchases? (US, December 2019)
Earlier this week, The Information reported that Amazon brought in $1.4 Million in 2019 of Alexa Skill Revenue in 2019, falling short of a $5.5 milliRead More…
Top 10 most popular skills on the Italian Alexa marketplace (December 2019)
These 10 skills are the most rated skills that are only available in the Italian market. The Italian Alexa marketplace is the smallest marketplace wiRead More…
ProjectVoice.ai’s 2019 Alexa skill of the year: A closer look
Earlier this week, ProjectVoice.ai announced their finalists for the Alexa skill of the year. We decided to take a look at these skills and give our Read More…
Deep dive into Alexa Champions: Number of reviews (November 2019)
Alexa Champions is “a recognition program designed to honor the most engaged developers and contributors in the community”. In a previous post, we rRead More…