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Venus
Venus

Reputation: 51

App Indexing: Is using App Indexing API necessary for publishing deeplinks, if it is already been provided access by Googlebot?

I have implemented app indexing in my app, to redirect deeplinks from Google Search results to app and we are using "custom applink" for deeplinking.

I have included all the necessary coding in Android Manifest file, by following the Google Documentation for app indexing, https://developers.google.com/app-indexing/android/app. Also confirmed from server team that all the links are provided access by Googlebot.

I am not using App Indexing API in the code for publishing deeplinks, as the links have access by Googlebot.

Can someone please point to me if am missing out something and guide on the same? Thanks.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 313

Answers (2)

Stan Ct
Stan Ct

Reputation: 366

You don't need to use the App Indexing API, though it does make some things easier & it's Google's recommendation.

In this case, it does look like something's still not quite set up correctly, so I'd recommend verifying the app in Search Console [https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/home?hl=en], checking the app crawl errors there, and using Fetch as Google to double-check that Google can see the content appropriately.

If you can't get further with these steps, it would help to have the URI of the app & website.

Upvotes: 1

Alex Austin
Alex Austin

Reputation: 1162

All Google App Indexing does is convert your website link into a link that will open your app when installed. Once you've added the metatag to your website and Google can scrape it, then you're done!

Here's an example metatag:

<link rel="alternate" href="myapp://path/to/thing"/>

Upvotes: 0

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