Michael Scharnagl • 4/5/2016

Discoverability of progressive web apps

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The article discusses the discoverability problem of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs). The author shares a personal struggle to find a photo editor PWA via search engines and app stores, highlighting the lack of proper indexing. It proposes that search engines should detect and tag PWAs (using manifest, HTTPS, service workers) and list them in dedicated app search tabs, improving user access without needing centralized app stores.

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