On Friday, Google announced Android Studio 2.0 (Beta), the latest release of its official Android IDE. Among the new features are some helpful additions for app indexing, which became a ranking signal in search results last year. “Adding App Indexing…
Google Search Console Adds New App Indexing Error Type
Last year, Google app indexing came into its own with the company officially making it a ranking signal and implementing it in iOS. Now, Google has announced a refresh of Android app-indexing crawl errors data in Search Console, simplifying the…
Google Updates App Indexing Docs
App Indexing has become a very important thing to take into consideration and pay attention to when it comes to Google search on mobile devices and optimizing for that. This year, Google added it as a ranking signal and even…
Facebook Lets Google Index Mobile App
Google is now reportedly indexing Facebook’s mobile app as part of its app indexing efforts. Google has been encouraging app developers to utilize its app indexing resources to enable mobile users to get to content within apps from Google search…
Google Reportedly Adds Another App Indexing-Related Ranking Signal
Back in February, Google announced two major mobile ranking signals back in February. The one that got the most attention and the nickname “Mobilegeddon” was a site’s “mobile-friendliness”. The other one was app indexing. Google would show content from apps…
New Google Video Discusses Getting Started With App Indexing
The Google Developers YouTube channel has a series called “Coffee with a Googler,” in which various Googlers share insights into various dev topics in a casual interview setting. The latest one focuses on what is one of Google’s newest mobile…
Watch This If You Want To Capitalize On One Of Google’s Newest Ranking Signals
Earlier this year, Google announced two major pieces of news with regards to how it ranks search results on mobile devices. The one that got the majority of industry coverage was related to the mobile-friendliness of sites. The other was…
Is Yelp’s CEO Right About Google And Interstitials?
Last month, Google shared findings of an internal study on interstitials, which it had previously implied could start negatively impacting people’s search rankings. Do you consider interstitials to be negative to the user experience? Are there ways in which they…
Recently Added Google Ranking Signal Benefits Etsy Sellers
It’s a good time to be an Etsy seller as far as visibility in Google search is concerned. Earlier this year, Google announced two major pieces of news with regards to how it ranks search results on mobile devices. The…
Include These Types Of Content In Your Business App To Get More Sales
People are spending more and more time with mobile apps, and that includes those that let them buy things. The problem for businesses hoping to break into that increasing app usage is that the number of apps people are using…
Google Starts Showing iOS App Content In Search Results
Last week, Google revealed that it’s starting to index content from iOS apps as it has been doing for Android. The appearance of such content is rolling out this week, the company said on Thursday. iOS users will start seeing…
Google Talks App Indexing, AdWords & Analytics At Google I/O
Google has been experimenting with app indexing for quite a while, but in recent months it has really cranked up the significance of it. Last week, it took that to even greater heights. App indexing is now a ranking signal…
Google Announces App Deep Linking With goo.gl
Earlier, Google announced that it is finally expanding its app indexing efforts to iOS apps after only having offered it for Android until now. Since the n, Google has come out and announced that goo.gl short links will now function…
Google Starts Indexing iOS App Content
Google just took its App Indexing initiative to the next level with the announcement that it is bringing app indexing to iOS apps. This is huge news considering that many app developers build for iOS before Android if they even…
Google Search Console Gets App Indexing-Friendly
Earlier this week, Google announced that it has rebranded Google Webmaster Tools as Google Search Console. The company did not announce any new features to accompany the name change, but it didn’t take them long to unveil the first updates…
Google Does More With Recently Added Ranking Signal
Google announced on Thursday that it has indexed 30 billion links within apps, and that it will now show Android users apps in search results even if the user hasn’t already installed them. This is the latest move by the…
How To Set Up App Indexing For Ranking In Google
Last week, Google made two announcements about how it will rank search results on mobile devices going forward. The one that has received the greatest amount of attention is the inclusion of a mobile-friendly ranking signal, which will go into…
Google: Clicks On App Deep Links Jumped By 10x Last Quarter
Google started testing app indexing on Android in October of last year, adding deep links from apps within search results on its operating system. In June, they opened it up to everyone. On Tuesday, Google provided an update on what’s…
Google Tells You About The Future Of Apps And Search
Google launched app indexing earlier this year after testing it last fall. About a month ago, they expanded it into more languages. The feature lets Google deliver in-app content in search results on Android devices that have the apps installed.…
Google Expands App Indexing Into More Languages
Google launched app indexing globally in English a couple 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…