Yahoo makes apps discoverable on the web
In the event that apps were to replace the mobile web—and thus traditional search as well—search engines would have to change their systems. Yahoo has just taken the first step toward making mobile apps discoverable on the web via search.
The company is launching iPhone and Android apps as well as desktop search. The iPhone application is called Yahoo! App Spot. It is similar to the Chomp and Appsfire services. It scans the apps a user owns, so they don't get the same results they already have. The service also shows apps that are similar to those already purchased. Additionally, App Spot gives daily recommendations in the categories of music, games, news, travel and networking, Techcrunch.com writes. The results its not entirely useless, but not impressive either. For example, a search for "music" brings up Pandora Radio as the first top choice, followed by Shazam, Last.fm, Yahoo Music, and NPR Music.
