As of today, if you go to Google.com on your iPhone or Android-powered device and search for an app, we’ll show special links and content at the top of the search results. You can tap these links to go directly to the app’s Android Market or iPhone App Store page. You can also get a quick look at some of the app’s basic details including the price, rating, and publisher. These results will appear when your search pertains to a mobile application and relevant, well-rated apps are found. For example, try searching for download shazam on your Android-powered device or bank of america app on your iPhone.
Mobile app search results are available today in the US, with other countries and devices planned for the future.
Awesome! I use AppBrain to find most of my apps, but using Google search is an awesome way to do it.
ReplyDeleteSeems like just typing the app name is not enough. You also need to add "download" or "app" or something like that. So, this is definitely less useful than it could be.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree with this approach more. On a related note, any chance you'll support/index extension link tags when Mozilla implements support for them...?
ReplyDeletehttp://mozillalabs.com/jetpack/2010/05/12/indexing-and-auto-detecting-browser-extensions-on-the-web/
This sounds like a great idea, but doesn't seem to be working on my 2.1 phone. Maybe it's a teething problem connected with my custom ROM or something.
ReplyDeleteMy first thought was that it might be filtering apps that I can't obtain (for whatever reason), but Shazam, and a lot of the other apps I tested it on show in the market client directly, but so far no links in the search results.
Incidentally, is there going to be an effort to remove search results that are incompatible with the handset (eg. wrong API level target), and will the deeper content about apps (and purposes of the apps) be indexed to allow for broader searches (ie. "app to recognise music", "streaming music app", "3d browser app" etc)? Both these features would make the search more powerful and useful.
I looked for our iPhone app several different ways ("stubsearch app", "stubsearch download", "stubsearch tickets")and it's not appearing yet. Maybe they are still working out the kinks. Jerks ;)
ReplyDeleteJust a small test but the search results between mobile and <a href="www.hard-core-ware.com/images/googlemapapptest-lrg.jpg>PC don't seem to match.
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The plus side was that the voice recognition was spot on.
- Curt
Just a small test but the search results between mobile and <a href="http://www.hard-core-ware.com/images/googlemapapptest-lrg.jpg>PC don't seem to match.
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The plus side was that the voice recognition was spot on.
- Curt
It would be great if Java ME applications were also available. There are open application stores, like GetJar, that can be indexed as well.
ReplyDeleteFor iPhone apps at least, http://www.appexplorer.com/ seems more useful.
ReplyDeleteI just noticed "Panzer Panic" featured in Marketplace on my Nexus One, so I figured I would search for it. No luck getting the link, not with "app" or with "download" or with "android" or all three added. Needs work, folks.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had an Android phone. They seems to be able to do almost anything!
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ReplyDeleteJust posted a summary on my blog @ http://www.technobuffalo.com/mobility/search-for-iphone-apps-via-google/
ReplyDeleteand tweeted @ http://twitter.com/mobilityblog
The question is how well are the reviews if they're coming from Google? I rather use a neutral site like RawApps
ReplyDeleteGoogle where is the Palm APPs? Don't tell me that once again you are forgetting the little guys who have helped make you so LARGE.. Oh Well Bing here we all come....
ReplyDeletePlease don't forget the Palm App Catalog!
ReplyDeletePlease dont forget symbian? Its upsetting that no one releases stuff for the most popular phone operating system... Nokia still make phones ya know.
ReplyDeleteHow about BlackBerry? that's the platform where there's the biggest App Store vacuum?
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