Google Play temporarily pulls Threes! for listing copycat game 2048 as search keyword

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Hit mobile puzzler Threes was removed from Google Play last night for listing the game 2048, widely seen as Threes clone, as a search keyword.
Threes creator Asher Vollmer reported that his game had been pulled from sale around 11.30pm UK time last night.
"Google has bots that crawl over their store and look for instances of 'keyword stuffing' [that] then automatically take down the app," Vollmer told Engadget. "You then have to appeal to get the app back on the store, which can take two to three days.
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