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This cooperation between the two tech giants also comes not long after Facebook revamped its own search function. That content -- posts and photos that users see while they are logged in -- still won't be searchable through Google search, mobile or otherwise. Google's search engine is not getting any additional Facebook content from this feature that it wasn't getting on desktop search previously.
For Facebook, allowing Google to start crawling its app might not have been an agonizing decision. If more people find their way onto Facebook through Google searches on mobile, which is free traffic. And once they're there, perhaps they'll be distracted by the other content and stay even longer. Earlier this year, when Google announced on its earnings call that Etsy was seeing more traffic because of deep links in mobile search, stock of the arts-n-craft site exploded.
But the move is still fairly surprising considering how the two companies are starting to become bigger and bigger rivals as they fight for ad dollars, video views, and even the spread of connectivity.