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Google launched app indexing globally in English a pair months back after testing it since November. Now, they’re expanding it into more languages.

The feature enables Google to deliver in-app content in search results on mobile devices (specifically Android devices for now). As an instance, in the event you seek for “Dee Barnes,” you could possibly get a result from Wikipedia. With app indexing, Google provide you with the choice to open the app from the outcome instead of going to a mobile web version.

The feature requires app developers to be on board, so Google has announced specific publishers with content in numerous languages which are now profiting from app indexing. These include: Fairfax Domain, MercadoLibre, Letras.Mus.br, Vagalume, Idealo, L’Equipe, Player.fm, Upcoming, Au Feminin, Marmiton, and chip.de.

Google has also translated its developer guidelines into eight more languages (Chinese – traditional, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish), in order that may help too.

Google has a sort here where you could request to take part in App Indexing. The corporate notes that it has added several new apps within the U.S., including Walmart, Tapatalk, and Fancy.

Google promises a session for developers at Google I/O devoted to “the way forward for apps and search”.

Internet giants like Google and Facebook are working to make mobile apps more web-like. At Facebook’s recent developer conference, the corporate announced App Links, which permit apps to link to content within other apps.

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Google Expands App Indexing Into More Languages May 30, 2014