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Four Steps to Supercharge Deep Linking for Android Apps
App deep links are the new kid on the block in Search results, and they’re picking up speed faster than you can say “Schema.org ViewAction”! For signed-in users, 15% of Google searches on Android now return deep links to apps through App Indexing. And over just the past quarter, we've seen the number of clicks on app deep links jump by 10x.Based on feedback from developers since we launched publicly App Indexing back in June, we’d like to share with you four key steps to monitor app performance and drive user engagement:
1. Make sure you get access to Webmaster Tools
App indexing is a team effort between you (as an app developer) and your website management team. We recommend working with your webmaster to get access to Webmaster Tools to carefully track app-related issues. Here’s what’s available right now:
- Errors in indexed pages within apps
- Weekly clicks and impressions from app deep link via Google search
- Stats on your sitemap (if that’s how you implemented the app deep links)
Any verified site owner can add a new user. Pick restricted or full permissions, depending on the level of access you’d like.
2. Understand how your app is doing in search results
How are users engaging with your app from search results? We’ve introduced two new ways for you to track performance for your app deep links:
- We now send a weekly clicks and impressions update to the Message center in your Webmaster Tools account.
- You can now track how much traffic app deep links drive to your app using referrer information - specifically, the referrer extra in the
ACTION_VIEWintent. We're working to integrate this information with Google Analytics for even easier access. Learn how to track referrer information on our Developer site.
3. Make sure key app resources can be crawled
Blocked resources are one of the top reasons for the “content mismatch” errors you see in Webmaster Tools’ Crawl Error report. We need access to all the resources necessary to render your app page. This allows us to assess whether your associated web page has the same content as your app page.
To help you find and fix these issues, we’ll now show you the specific resources we can’t access that are critical for rendering your app page. If you see a content mismatch error for your app, look out for the list of blocked resources in “Step 5” of the details dialog:
4. Watch out for Android App errors
To help you identify errors when indexing your app, we’ll send you messages for all app errors we detect, and will also display most of them in the “Android apps” tab of the Crawl errors report.
In addition to the currently available “Content mismatch” and “Intent URI not supported” error alerts, we’re introducing three new error types:
- APK not found: we can’t find the package corresponding to the app
- No first-click free: the link to your app does not lead directly to the content, but requires login to access
- Back button violation: after following the link to your app, the back button did not return to Search results.
In our experience, the majority of errors are usually caused by a general setting in your app (e.g. a blocked resource, or a region picker that pops up when the user tries to open the app from Search results). Taking care of that generally resolves it for all involved URIs.
Be sure to visit our codelab to learn how to get your Android app indexed by Google Search. As always, if you have questions, feel free to drop by Stack Overflow or the Webmaster help forum.
Posted by Mariya Moeva, Webmaster Trends Analyst
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