1page.title=Deep Link to Bring Users Back 2page.metaDescription=Use deep links to bring your users into your apps from social posts, search, or ads. 3page.tags="app indexing, google+ signin" 4page.image=/images/gp-listing-4.jpg 5 6@jd:body 7 8<p> 9 Use deep links to bring your users into your apps from social posts, 10 search, or ads. 11</p> 12 13<div class="headerLine"> 14<h2>Deep Linking from Google+ Posts</h2> 15</div> 16 17<p> 18 <a href="https://developers.google.com/+/mobile/android/share/deep-link">Deep 19 linking</a> allows the Google+ apps on mobile devices to direct clicks on a 20 shared post that contains deep-link information to a resource within your 21 apps. 22</p> 23 24<p style="margin-bottom:2em;"> 25 If the user doesn’t have your app installed, they’re prompted to install it 26 before accessing the resource. 27</p> 28 29<div style="padding:2em, auto;width:550px;"> 30 <div style="float:right; width:260px; padding-left:1em;"> 31 <img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-engage-5.jpg" class="border-img"> 32 <p class="img-caption"> 33 G+ Post with Deep Link to Buy 34 </p> 35 </div> 36 37 <div style="width:260px;float:left;"> 38 <img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-engage-6.jpg" class="border-img"> 39 <p class="img-caption"> 40 Purchase page within app 41 </p> 42 </div> 43</div> 44 45 46<div class="headerLine"> 47<h2>Deep Linking from Google Search — App Indexing</h2> 48</div> 49 50 51<div style="float:right;"> 52 <img src="/images/gp-listing-4.jpg" style="padding-top:1em;padding-left:2em;"> 53</div> 54 55<p> 56 Another way to bring users back to your apps is to apply for app indexing. 57</p> 58 59<p> 60 When a user searches for content available within your app, Google can show 61 an "Open in App" button in in mobile search results. For instance, if a user 62 searches for a restaurant and you’ve got that establishment in your dining 63 app, a link can be shown to open the page within your app. Learn more about 64 <a href="https://developers.google.com/app-indexing/">linking to in-app 65 content</a>. 66</p> 67 68<div class="clearfloat" style="margin-top:2em;"></div> 69 70<div style="float:right;width:340px;padding-left:2em;"> 71 <img src="/images/gp-ads-linking2.jpg" style="padding-top:1em;"> 72</div> 73 74<div class="headerLine "> 75<h2>Deep Linking from Google Ads</h2> 76</div> 77<p> 78 Ads can remind users about the apps they already have. 79</p> 80 81<p> 82 As with deep links from Google's organic search results, AdWords deep links 83 send users directly to the relevant pages in apps they already have on their 84 mobile device. A mobile search for "flights to London," for instance, could 85 take a user straight to the London page in a travel app. <a href= 86 "http://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/products/ads-apps.html" 87 class="external-link">Learn more</a>. 88</p> 89 90<div class="headerLine clearfloat"> 91 <h2 id="related-resources"> 92 Related Resources 93 </h2> 94</div> 95 96<div class="resource-widget resource-flow-layout col-13" data-query= 97"collection:distribute/engage/deeplinks" data-sortorder="-timestamp" 98data-cardsizes="9x3" data-maxresults="6"> 99</div>
