Facebook Now Directing Typeahead Search Traffic Straight to Apps

Facebook has updated the functionality of typeahead search to direct users straight to applications instead of navigating users to the app’s About Page.

This change makes it easier for existing users to find apps they’ve already installed (and perhaps cannot find on the newly alphabetized Bookmark list), but it could also result in more app installs as new users encounter less friction when seeking out new apps by name.

In its weekly developer blog post, Facebook also announced

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