Google today announced that its app indexing feature is now compatible with the HTTP deep link standards for iOS 9, which will allow iOS users to open mobile app content directly from the Google Search results page in Safari for iOS.

To use the feature, developers need to add Universal Links to their iOS apps and then integrate with Google's SDK. For end users, this change will result in better integration between search results and apps.

For example, when searching for a restaurant with Google Search and getting a Yelp result, clicking on the Yelp link will open the Yelp app on iOS instead of opening the Yelp website within Safari.

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Google's app indexing feature for iOS was announced in May, but prior to today, it was limited to the Chrome browser and Google app for iOS. iOS users will begin to see app content in Safari on iOS starting at the end of October.

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Top Rated Comments

gleepskip Avatar
124 months ago
This would require that I switch back to Google search from DuckDuckGo.

No thanks.
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jpgr15 Avatar
124 months ago
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dannyyankou Avatar
124 months ago
They already do this for Amazon and Yelp. Not a fan. At least give us a choice whether webpages open in Safari or open an app.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
ArtOfWarfare Avatar
124 months ago
Mind if I ask why you use DDG?
Bangs, privacy, and they accept pull requests.

1 - Example, type "!py split" and it'll jump straight to the Python documentation for splitting. "!a MacBook Pro" and it'll jump straight to the MacBook Pro on Amazon. "!w iPhone" and it'll jump straight to the page on the iPhone on Wikipedia. There are thousands of bangs. Do !bangs if you want to see the full list.

2 - They don't track who you are. They don't filter your results based on who you are (************************** is actually BS - because Google shows different people different things, you don't know whether someone else could have actually reached a page via Google.) Even if you're fine with Google having 600 pages worth of information on you, keep in mind that nothing is unhackable. Sooner or later, Google is going to be hacked, or there will be a malicious employee, and those novels of data that they have on you is going to hit the black market. Your SSN, address, high school, birthday, birth town, parents, employer, car, license plate, salary, etc. There's more than enough for someone to call your bank, prove that they're you, and drain your accounts. Duck Duck Go doesn't store your info. Ads are based on your current search topic and nothing more. They don't serve ads to other people, so they won't track you from page to page the way Google will. They won't read your email the way Google will.

3 - Duck Duck Go allows anyone to contribute. I personally added !python27. Other things people have added are "Regex cheat sheet" and "timer".
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Sill Avatar
124 months ago
I don't understand why everyone is so willing to kill the web in favor of apps.
That trope has been going on for as long as the web has existed, just about. I remember when Facebook took off and the FB apps started to appear. Some columnist said that it was going to be the way we used the internet, period. No one would ever fire up a browser again.

Personally, I only want a browser. I really don't care for apps that replace any of the web experience. I use browser-based forums instead of Tapatalk, and I will leave any forum that replaces their forums with Discus or the Google equivalent. I especially despise apps that add "milestones" to try to get people to register them. For example, I installed a Craigslist app so I could search easily across a greater area. It started telling me to register an account so I could take advantage of all the milestones I had achieved with my browsing. "Turn your points into money!!!11" They of course leave out that important first step of converting my personal data into points.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Rogifan Avatar
124 months ago
When is Google going to support 3D Touch?
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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