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Google now shows in-apps links in mobile search results globally

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Four months after starting to show in-app links in mobile search results in US, Google has now rolled out the feature globally. English content mobile search results worldwide will now be accompanied by in-app links, which can be used to open a search results directly inside an app.

According to Google, a total of 36 Android apps currently support this feature, which requires the search giant to index the app content to be able to show it in mobile search results. Out of the 36 app, 24 have been added earlier today, you can find their names below. Full list of apps supporting the feature is available on Google website.

500px, AOL, BigOven, Bleacher Report, Booking.com, Eventbrite, Glassdoor, Goodreads, Huffington Post, Merriam-Webster, Pinterest, Realtor.com, Seeking Alpha, TalkAndroid, TheFreeDictionary, The Journal, TripAdvisor, Tumblr, Urbanspoon, Wattpad, YP, Zagat, Zappos and Zillow.

The feature is very easy to use for consumers and even developers can make their apps compatible by updating their apps to support deep linking and submitting an app deep link sitemap to Google Webmaster tools.

By Gaurav Shukla

Gaurav Shukla is a journalist with over 12 years of experience covering the consumer technology space. He started his career with a self-published Android blog and has since worked with Microsoft's MSN.com, XDA Developers, How-to Geek, and NDTV Gadgets 360.

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