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How brands are missing out by not allowing app indexing

Published on 2016/03/10 By admin

A new study suggests that only 20% of iOS apps and 30% of Android apps are able to support app indexing. Here’s a brief introduction on app indexing to get started… What is app indexing

Google Has Updated Its iOS Search App, Here’s What’s New by @mattsouthern

Published on 2014/05/14 By admin

Google has recently updated it’s iOS search app to version 4.0, and with it comes several new, useful features. Users who are familiar with using Siri will now be able to use the Google search app in much the same way, as it is now equipped for voice search and is able to respond to more conversational searches.

With iOS 7, Siri Drops Google For Bing, Also Gains Twitter Search

Published on 2013/09/18 By admin

Apple’s new iOS 7 mobile operating system officially rolled out today, and with it, the Siri assistant is finally out of beta. The most significant change to Siri is arguably that it no longer taps into Google for searches. As expected, a deal with Microsoft now makes Bing the default in…

Rejoice! Safari Is Once Again Providing Google Referral Information In iOS

Published on 2013/08/01 By admin

Since last September, people using Safari on iOS devices and searching on Google have appeared to publishers as if they came directly to their sites, not via Google. Now, the problem has ended, with iOS now apparently having been upgraded to support the “meta referrer” tag

Bing iPad App Gets An Upgrade

Published on 2013/05/02 By admin

Bing has quietly released an update for the Bing iPad App, adding new features and making optimization improvements to the app. The app can be downloaded for free over here in the app store. The changes, as listed in version 1.3 include: Bookmark Web/Image/News Search Query Provide Daily Trending…

iPhone & iPad Users To Get Google Now, As It Comes To iOS

Published on 2013/04/29 By admin

Previously Android-only, Google’s “predictive search” tool Google Now is now available for the iPhone and iPad. It’s part of an updated Google Search App for iOS

Searching For Mobile Apps May Be In The Cards

Published on 2013/04/15 By admin

Mobile Application Search in both Apple’s App Store and Google Play is frustratingly similar to general online search in the early 2000s — and the tactics used to make them visible in search resuls also closely mirror the SEO best practices from that era. Searching for and discovering…

Google Pushes Google Search App With Commercials

Published on 2013/03/22 By admin

The commercial in the middle of an episode of “Worst Cooks In America” this weekend caught me off-guard. Was that an ad for the Google Search App?

Will Google Now For iPhone & iPad Boost Google Search App Usage?

Published on 2013/03/13 By admin

Engadget spotted and has archived a promotional video that suggests the Google Search App for iOS may be gaining Google Now support. That support might help boost usage of the Google Search App, which barely makes the iTunes Top 100.

iPhone5 to Be Unveiled Today

Published on 2012/09/12 By admin

The Apple faithful will at last be rewarded with their first look at the newest incarnation of the iPhone later today. The rumor mills have been churning ever since the anti-climatic 4S upgrade