Google Adds Mobile App Search Tool

You can now go to Google and restrict and filter your search results to only show mobile apps. To do so, search at Google for an app, and then on the search tools on the left, click “more” and then select “Applications.” Google will then show you apps from the Apple iTunes App Store, Google […]

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You can now go to Google and restrict and filter your search results to only show mobile apps.

To do so, search at Google for an app, and then on the search tools on the left, click “more” and then select “Applications.” Google will then show you apps from the Apple iTunes App Store, Google Android Market, plus other app sites such as AppBrain, AndroidZoom, CNet and many more.

Here is a screen shot:

Google App Search

Google enabled a new app rich snippet back in September. Plus they have indexed mobile apps from iTunes and Google Android Market for over a year now.

Hat tip to Google Operating System blog for spotting this.

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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.

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