System and method for indexing mobile applications

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing one or more processing units to execute a process, the process comprising:

• crawling through a plurality of data sources to detect applications accessible through a user device;
• for each detected application, generating metadata characterizing the application;
• analyzing the generated metadata to classify each detected application to at least one category;
• and
• updating an application index to include at least the classified applications and the respective classified categories.

A system for indexing applications accessible through a user device, comprising:

• an interface to a network for accessing a plurality of data sources over the network;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory contains instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the system to:
• crawl through the plurality of data sources to detect applications accessible through a user device;
• for each detected application, generate metadata characterizing the application;
• analyze the generated metadata to classify each detected application to at least one category;
• and
• update an application index to include at least the classified applications and the respective classified categories.