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Google to offer deep links to Facebook content inside its search app

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<p>They say that politics makes strange bedfellows. Sometimes it’s the same in technology, and we have a fresh example with Google and Facebook.</p><p>According to a Wall Street Journal report (http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/11/16/google-gets-surprise-ally-in-mobile-app-search-push-facebook/) the two companies have apparently struck an agreement that allows Google to index Facebook profiles and other links inside of its search app.</p><p> This also means that publicly-shared content on Facebook can be indexed by Google and show up in search results. Tap on the link and you'll go right to that content in the Facebook app.</p><p>Google has been at work on other “deep linking” partnerships (http://www.greenbot.com/article/2366124/google-adds-music-deep-linking-to-search-on-android.html) to make its search app less of an island on mobile devices.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3005470/social-media/google-to-offer-deep-links-to-facebook-content-inside-its-search-app.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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