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Google Optimizes Search Results for iPhone and G1
Phone Scoop - Latest News —
... Today, 3:51 PM by Eric M. Zeman Google has further refined the way search results are delivered to the Apple iPhone and the HTC G1 Android phone. From now own, each phone will receive results that are optimized for the device. Google says the results will load faster and are formatted to fit the screen. Users will no longer have to zoom in-and-out or scroll side-to-side. Lastly, Google added buttons that are more finger friendly, and expandable maps for local business results. more info at Google ...
Google Improves Android and iPhone SERPs
WebProNews Feed —
... Optimizes Them for Devices Google is now providing optimized search results for Android and the iPhone. Results pages on these devices are now designed to compliment the devices they are being viewed upon. You can view a few examples in screenshots here , or you can see the results in action on an iPhone in the following video:"In some situations, you've already been seeing the ...
Google Search Results Optimized Again for iPhone, Android [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network —
... Looks like Google has made some more tweaks for mobile search results, at least for some handset platforms. The new format is optimized for either your iPhone / iPod Touch or for Android handsets. Or handset, to be more accurate since the T-Mobile G1 is the only Android handset on the market ...
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Android Gets Optimized Search Results
AndroidGuys —
... The Google Mobile blog updated today with news of an optimized search results page for Android handsets. We tried it out a few times and are really happy with the way it works. It’s clean and full of information, yet stays uncluttered. ...
Google optimizes search results pages for iPhone and Android
Unwired View —
... buttons and expandable maps for local business results.”
For the moment, the optimized search result pages are only in US English. And, in case you have an iPhone or an iPod touch, its firmware must be 2.x in order to benefit from the improvements.
Of course, if you want to view the results like on a desktop PC, you can always click the “Classic” link found at the bottom of any Google mobile page.
Via Google Mobile Blog
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Google Optimizes Search Results Pages for iPhone and Android Devices
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... for iPhone and Android. Search results have been optimized to load faster and are formatted to fit just perfect on the device’s display. The new results pages are available in U.S. English for Android… the iPhone and iPod Touch devices with firmware 2.x.
In addition, Google has added touchscreen buttons and expandable maps for local business results. Kudos to Google for making search just a little more friendlier for iPhone, iPod Touch and G1 users.
[Via: Google Mobile Blog]
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Linkpost | 12.19.2008
TechBlog —
... and Mac OS X 10.5: Software Update stops responding during "Configuring installation" • Optimized search results pages for Android and iPhone - Regardless of how you're coming to Google via your smartphone. • ...
Google refines search results on iPhone
Webware.com —
... presentation of Google search results last month, the Internet giant has spread the change more broadly on the Apple device.
Previously, the new Google search results were only available when people typed Google.com into the phone's browser, then performed the search. Now the results also appear when using Safari's built-in search box, which given that it's one less slow-loading page away from results, is how I use the service.
Google announced the change on its Google Mobile blog. The new results also appear on the T-Mobile G1, which uses Google's ...
Google Spruces Up Search for Apple iPhone, Android
Google Watch —
... More importantly, Google said it just added this capability for Android devices; users can search the new results page via the search widget on the Android home page or also through Google.com. See the pics for both the new iPhone search and Android search pages here. ...
Android & iPhone Get Optimized Google Search
Android Phone Fans —
... to zoom or scroll side-to-side. We’ve also added touchscreen-friendly buttons and expandable maps for local business results.”
When you’re dealing with limited screen space, it’s those little things that count. Sure, full HTML web browsers on mobile devices are nice, but optimizations like this make all the difference in the world.
The update happened yesterday so tell us - have you noticed the difference? Do you like it?
[Via Google Mobile Blog]
Google optimized search result pages for Android & iPhone
PalmAddicts —
... And now Google Mobile Team has optimized the search result pages for Android and iPhone/iPod Touch (with software v2.0 or above), all of Google search options for Android and iPhone lead to results that load faster and are formatted to fit the screen so you don't have to zoom or scroll side-to-side. They've also added touchscreen-friendly buttons and expandable maps for local business results. ...
