My newly published Android app is not searchable on market, however it is searchable on appBrain.

Question

I have published a new app to the android market called Charlotte Scooter Shop. It has been almost 48 hours and the only way I can access the app is through a direct link:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.v1_4.B2EE5EC846A7AFF58EDFC1F0.com

or by searching on appBrain.

I cannot search for the app on the regular android market, but the direct link works???

I have checked my manifest file and cannot find any issues with that. I did not check copy protection when publishing.

If the app is published to the android market and searchable on appBrain then that means I signed it correctly, right?

Just wondering how concerned I should be. I have searched many many forums, and it seems most people do not have to wait over an hour or so to search for their app. I am attaching my manifest code.
android:versionCode="4"
android:versionName="1.4" >

<!-- permissions -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />


<application android:name="AppDelegate"
             android:icon="@drawable/icon" 
             android:label="@string/app_name"
             android:debuggable="false"
             android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar">

    <!-- starting activity -->
    <activity android:name=".Act_Home" android:screenOrientation="portrait">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>


    <!-- screen activities -->
    <activity android:name=".Screen_About" android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="sensor" android:configChanges="orientation"></activity>
    <activity android:name=".Screen_CustomHTML" android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="sensor" android:configChanges="orientation"></activity>
    <activity android:name=".Screen_CustomText" android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="sensor" android:configChanges="orientation"></activity>
    <activity android:name=".Screen_CustomURL" android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="sensor" android:configChanges="orientation"></activity>
    <activity android:name=".Screen_QuizMultipleChoice" android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="portrait"></activity>
    <activity android:name=".Screen_QuizScores" android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="portrait"></activity>
    <activity android:name=".Screen_RSSReader" android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="portrait"></activity>
    <activity android:name=".Screen_ShareFacebook" android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="portrait"></activity>
    <activity android:name=".Screen_ShareTwitter" android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="portrait"></activity>
    <activity android:name=".Screen_SubMenu" android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="portrait"></activity>
    <activity android:name=".Screen_Video" android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="sensor"></activity>
    <activity android:name=".Screen_SingleImage" android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="sensor"></activity>



        <uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" />
        <activity android:name=".Screen_LocationMap" android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="sensor">

        </activity>



</application>

Answer 1

The Android market always takes a while to update it's search rankings (as does AppBrain). I also believe both use the popularity of an app in the search rankings. Therefore you should first have some external means to give your app a bit of popularity before it will be considered a good app to place high on search results lists.