Native + Web + HTML5, Oh My!

Last week we announced our support for HTML5 apps on AppStoreHQ, but at the time we didn’t have much inventory to display (to be honest, it was pretty much limited to Google Voice for Mobile). We’ve been cranking away since then and now have some more good news to share:

• AppStoreHQ now has listings for over 4,000 mobile web apps, delivered in the same search + discovery framework as our native app catalog.
• As with native iPhone apps, web app publishers can now claim their app listings - just look for the “Claim it” link in the details block on each app detail page. Once they’ve claimed their apps, web app publishers can:
  • Receive app view stats across our entire search network
  • Promote their apps via our Sponsored Listings program
  • Customize their developer profiles, and
  • Customize their app detail pages (releasing this week)

We had barely shipped the submission feature when we received two new app listings from Geocentric, a web software and services company in Silver Spring, Maryland. They have 10 XHTML apps in market right now, including Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership and Downtown Raleigh Alliance. Less than 24 hours after submitting their app details, their listings were live on AppStoreHQ!

So if you’re a mobile web app developer (whether in HTML5 or otherwise) and want to showcase your app on AppStoreHQ, we’re here to help. Just use our web app submission form to tell us where to find your app and what content you want to appear in your app listing. Once we’ve verified your info we’ll publish your listing and hand the keys over to you to edit your listing, track your view stats and generally spread the word.

We still have some work to do to make these apps more visible on AppStoreHQ, but that’s in the works. In the interim, all of our usual free and paid promotional tools are available for these apps, including personalized app recommendations based on your app-related Tweets.

Let the browser-based mobile app revolution begin!