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The Giant Site Clean-up/Re-Organization is Complete! What’s Next for JapaneseEmoticons.me?

September 20, 2015 By Peter

Over the last several weeks I’ve been doing a massive clean-up and re-organization of the site.  What I did was take each category and break it up into smaller sections of similar emoticons.  I did this for several reasons:

Ease of Use

It makes the site much easier to use.  Now that there are over 10,000 emoticons on the site trying to sort through them to find what you want is pretty hard, especially on giant pages like the happy section or angry section. Now they’re broken up into smaller sections with similar style emoticons in each one to make it much easier to find what you’re looking for.  The feedback I’ve been receiving about the changes over the last few weeks as more people noticed has been very positive which is awesome.

Preventing Plagiarism

The updates make it much harder for people to copy our content.  This is something that drives me absolutely crazy.  People will come to this site and copy the entire table of emoticons from each section on this site, put it on theirs and not cite us as the source. People also love to copy everything from this site and put it in iOS and Android apps. Every time I find a new site or app that copied everything from us and is claiming it as their own I get pretty angry.  I especially dislike when people find these sites, don’t know anything about them and then post something like “hey, check out this awesome site I just found”.  They don’t know any better and then these sites get more traffic. Anyways, by breaking up each section into multiple smaller sections people can’t just copy an entire page of emoticons any more.  They have to copy each smaller section or try to piece them together and since that’s more work hopefully people won’t bother.

The Mobile Apps

I haven’t really made any updates to the iOS or Android apps for a long time.  Currently there are about 2,000 emoticons in those apps.  I want to bring all 10,000+ emoticons to these apps but there’s no way people will scroll through such giant lists on a mobile device.  Breaking it up into smaller categories is pretty much the only way to make this happen on mobile.

What’s Next for JapaneseEmoticons.me

I’ve got a giant backlog of probably 200+ emoticons that you guys suggested.  I’m going to get those added to the site next.  I was waiting until I finished organizing everything to make it easier. Next I’m going to start working on the mobile apps again.  I have big plans, I need to update both the iOS and Android versions to have all 10,000+ plus emoticons. For iOS I also want to add a system keyboard with everything. The Android app is a bit of a mess.  Since releasing the app I’ve found out that a lot of these emoticons don’t display correctly on Android.  I’m not entirely sure what to do about this, I’m leaning to just leaving it as is but I’m not sure. I’ve also had three different developers work on that app so I’m sure the code and everything is a mess so I might just have to start this app over.  The Android app doesn’t get much sales either.  I have to check but I’m not entirely sure I’ve even broken even on the money I spent to get that app developed yet which is frustrating. I think I’ve almost got enough money saved up to get a start on the iOS changes at least so over the next little while I’m going to be developing all the graphics for the new app and iOS 9 and then I’ll try to find a developer and get that done. Another idea I’ve had is to add sort of a store to the site.  I won’t be selling anything specifically myself but I’m thinking of finding awesome kaomoji products and posting affiliate links to them.  If someone clicks one of those links and buys something we’ll get a small commission. Hopefully this can help support the site.  Google Adsense revenue has been going down every month for the last year or so and so far I’ve made maybe $5 in PayPal donations and we’re at $11 a month on Patreon (I still haven’t reached the minimum threshold to be paid there yet even) so asking for donations clearly isn’t working.  Nobody seems to be using the Amazon portal either. So hopefully people will be able to buy some cool things and we’ll get a bit of coin to go towards hosting costs and app development.

Conclusion

So that’s where we are with this site right now and those are my plans for the next little while.  Thank you everyone for using the site and for sharing it on Facebook, tweeting about it any telling others about it. If you have any suggestions for new features, new emoticons or anything as well don’t hesitate to send me an email. ( ◞・౪・)

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Android, App, iOS

New iOS App Page

June 5, 2014 By Peter

I’ve made a new page for the iOS app and I think it looks quite nice.  If you’re interested in learning a little bit more about the Japanese Emoticons iOS app click the link below. I’ll be making a similar page for the Android app next. (Edit: page removed for now)

Filed Under: Apps Tagged With: App, iOS, iPad, iPhone

Japanese Emoticons version 2.0 for iOS is now available!

December 25, 2013 By Peter

The latest version of our iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch app was approved late last night and is now available for download in the iTunes app store! This new version features a brand new design for iOS7 plus all the emoticons currently on this site are now in the app.  In total we added about 1,500 new emoticons and 23 new categories to the app. We also fixed a few bugs so the app should run a lot smoother now. So if you haven’t downloaded the app yet head on over to the iTunes store and download it now! One word of warning to the people who are updating though, we had to completely redo the database of emoticons so when you update you will lose everything that’s currently saved in your favourites menu.  Because of the fixes we made to the app though, this won’t happen again in future updates and we’re sorry for any inconvenience this might cause.

What about Android?

I’m pleased to announce that work has started on the Android version of the app.  Not a lot is happening right now because of the holidays but stay tuned because an Android version of the new updated version of the app is in progress and should be out in a few weeks!

Other app news

We’re also in the progress of releasing a free ad-supported sort of demo version of both the iOS and Android versions of the app.  This won’t have the full emoticon collection but it will give you the opportunity to test it out the app before buying it. The free iOS version will most likely be out before the Android version as it’s not going to require nearly as much work. And that’s it for news. Look forward to the Android version soon and have a safe and happy holidays everyone!

Filed Under: Apps, Knowledge Tagged With: Android, App, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, japanese emoticons

Android App, App Reviews and a Few Other Things

September 7, 2013 By Peter

An Android version of the iOS app

So a lot of people have been asking for an Android version of the app so here’s the official deal with what’s happening with that. I had originally planned to make both an iOS and an Android version at the same time however I quickly found out that I could not afford to do this.  So I decided based on the mobile traffic to this site being mostly from iOS devices to do the iOS version first. Then I could hopefully make back the money it cost to make this app and then follow up with an Android version and this is still the plan. The reports are in for sales of the app for August and so far I’ve made back about 20% of what it cost to have this app made so it looks like it might be another couple of months until I can get the Android version happening. I’m hoping that we’ll be able to use the database of emoticons that was created for the iOS app again as well as most if not all of the graphics that were used in the app and that this will make the Android version cheaper and faster to make.  I don’t know a thing about app coding though so I could be completely wrong.

So how can you help?

If you’ve downloaded the iOS app please leave a 5-star review.  I didn’t want to program any of those annoying “please review this app” pop-ups into the app but we do need reviews so I’m asking here.  It only takes a couple of seconds and is important for a number of reasons.

1) I need at least 5 reviews to show an average star rating on my app.

This is the first time I’ve ever made an app and I’m still learning things like reviews only show up in the country that they were made.  So far only Canada and the United States have 5 or more reviews and are the only countries currently showing an average rating.

2) Reviews help the app get found in search results in the iTunes app store.

This is especially important since some guy has literally stolen all the content off this site as well as graphics that I created for this site and released his own iPhone app. His app currently ranks before mine in the search results because it gets a boost since it’s “free”.  It’s not free though, he offers a few of the emoticons free and then you have to pay inside the app to unlock all the content that’s literally copied and pasted from this website.

A side note:

I’ve been pretty cool about people taking the emoticons from this site and putting them on their own sites since I don’t own them, no one does so whatever.  Even if you’ve copied and pasted everything straight off this site I haven’t really cared that much. I have however put a lot of work into this site and assembling the collection of emoticons here and if you’re going to steal all the content from this site with the exact same categories and lists, steal my graphics, steal my app description and then intentionally try to mislead people who are looking for my app into downloading yours then you’re officially a dick so don’t do that. But by all means feel free to use these emoticons where ever you want and do whatever you want with them.  A link back to this site is always appreciated but it’s ok if you don’t do that.  Just don’t be a dick.

Some other site news

I’ve got some other plans for this site over the next little while when I can get the time to work on it. An awesome guy created this random emoticon generator: http://dominick.p.elu.so/fun/kaomoji/index.php and we’re going to hopefully get it added to this site. I also plan to do a complete re-organization of all the emoticons and probably create a bunch of new categories to hopefully make that a bit better and easier to use.  The categories are a bit out-dated, especially with all the suggestions you guys have been making. Also with that will quite possibly be a site redesign since this site is starting to get a bit too complicated for this design. And for all of you that have suggested emoticons I haven’t forgotten.  Once I re-organize everything and also hopefully create a new system that will make entering the emoticons to the site easier I’ll be uploading everything in my backlog of suggested emoticons. So that’s it for news for a while.  Thanks again for all the support and a huge thank you to everyone who’s downloaded the app!

Filed Under: Apps, News Tagged With: Android, iOS, iPhone, reviews

The Official Japanese Emoticons iPhone & iPad App Is Finally Here!

August 5, 2013 By Peter

After long last the official Japanese Emoticons iPhone and iPad app is finally here!

Download the Japanese Emotions iPhone/iPad App here!

I need everyone who likes to use this site to help me out a little bit here.  During the first week that this app is available I need as many downloads as possible and more importantly as many 5-star reviews as possible.

This helps the app get found easier on the app store so please, if you enjoy using the site download the app, leave a 5-star review and tell all your friends!

About the App

This app features the entire database of Japanese emoticons available on this website.  Simply tap on the emoticon you want and it’s copied.  Then just paste it into whatever other app you want to use it. There’s a favourites menu so if you have certain emoticons that you really love to use you can save them so you’re not always digging through a giant list to find them. You can also create your own emoticons and even generate random ones, save them to your favourites menu and use them like the other emoticons. Here are some examples of awesome randomly generated emoticons that I made with the app:
ᕙ (❁^д ^*)っ ((☆^⌓ ^☆)╭ 「(#Φ益 Φo)∩
⊂(o•ิ▂ ñ*)づ ╭ (oㅇ‿ o#)ᕗ -(๑☆‿ ☆#)ᕗ
Σ(♡@﹏ @☆)ノ” 「(;´Σ `〃)ヘ ヾ (;・﹏ •̀☆)b
╮ (☆-_ ⊙;)ゞ ლ (#`ロ^;)> ᕦ(;*Σ ⌒❁)ᕗ

Download the Japanese Emotions iPhone/iPad App here!

The Story and History Behind This App

I’ve been sort of planning and working towards making an app for over a year now.  I finally got everything designed and planned out and hired a programmer in May and the app was finished in June. Then the Apple App Store Review Board refused to approve the app which was something I never expected. They said the app didn’t have any entertainment value and wasn’t useful. So I ended up fighting with the Review Board for about 3 weeks but they would not change their  mind. A friend of mine suggested I add a create an emoticon feature so I designed that section, hired a programmer again and added that section to the app.  That ended up taking another couple of weeks to get done. So the app was supposed to have launched back at the start of June but got pushed back to August because off the App Review Board. This is why it looks like I’ve been teasing a surprise now for a really long time.  I was planning on launching the app a lot closer to when I first made that “something awesome is coming soon” blog post. But everything’s good now and you can download the app today.

Download the Japanese Emotions iPhone/iPad App here!

And remember, we need as many downloads and 5-star reviews during this first week as possible to please tell your friends and also leave a 5-star review.

I hope you enjoy the app, I put a ton of work into it. ☆*:.。. o(≧▽≦)o .。.:*☆

Filed Under: Apps, Cool Things, News Tagged With: App, iOS, iPad, iPhone, japanese emoticons

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