Thursday, October 8, 2015

More than half of all Google searches now happen on mobile devices

More than half of all Google searches now happen on mobile devices
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Google may be waging an ongoing battle against its competitors to keep smartphone owners using the web, but recent evidence suggests it's making progress. Google's Amit Singhal, senior vice president of search, said today Google now sees more than half of its 100 billion monthly searches occurring on mobile devices. Singhal, who's speaking at Recode's Code Mobile conference in Half Moon Bay, California, defined mobile as devices with screens smaller than six inches.

"For the first time, we're getting more searches on mobile devices than on desktop," Singhal said. The metric is significant because Google has been facing off against Facebook and Apple in a power grab for internet browsing habits. Google bakes search, which helps generate...

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