Google Eyes Mobile App Market, lack of New Search

The Google Mobile team released a new type of search results today: Android and iPhone native apps. It's a very goodt idea, but the execution leaves much to be desired.

Try searching for words like "Bank of America app," or "download Shazam" on your Android or iPhone and the app store's top search result will show at the top of the page. But I tried intentionally searching for a long list of specific apps and types of apps but didn't get the new kind of results in many cases.

 

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