CPC G06F 16/951 (2019.01) [G06F 16/95 (2019.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, via an application of a computing device, input requesting web content;
in response to obtaining the input, accessing the web content and receiving mark-up language code that describes the web content for presentation by the application, the mark-up language code including a link to one or more search providers promoted by the web content, referenced in the web content, and usable by the application for searches;
in response to receiving the mark-up language code, identifying the one or more search providers as being referenced by the web content according to the link in the mark-up language code;
generating a list from which a search provider for conducting the searches is selectable from the referenced and identified search providers, the list being generated using the link included in the mark-up language code;
exposing the list of referenced and identified search providers using the link within the mark-up language code of the web content;
receiving a selection of a search provider from the list of referenced and identified search providers; and
conducting a search using the search provider selected from the list of exposed search providers without installing the search provider.
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