Performing application search based on entities

A computing device comprising:

• a display screen;
• a memory;
• a transceiver;
• and
• a computing processor that executes computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the computing processor, cause the computing processor to:
• display an application search interface on the display screen;
• receive an application search query via the application search interface, wherein the application search query includes an entity having an entity type;
• transmit the application search query via the transceiver;
• receive application search results in response to transmitting the application search query, wherein:
• the application search results indicate a list of ranked applications operable to present information related to the entity,
• the application search results include metadata for the list of ranked applications, and
• the metadata includes respective application images, application titles, and application descriptions;
• and
• display a first application from based on the application search results, wherein displaying the first application includes:
• displaying an application icon based on the respective application image for the first application;
• displaying text based on the respective application title and the respective application description for the first application;
• displaying a first indication that is associated with a first user-selectable link for a first edition of the first application, wherein the first indication describes that the first edition of the first application is compatible with a first device;
• and
• displaying a second indication that is associated with a second user-selectable link for a second edition of the first application, wherein the second indication describes that the second edition of the first application is compatible with a second device.

A computer-implemented method for displaying application search results, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• displaying, by a processing unit of a computing device, an application search interface on a display screen of the computing device;
• receiving, at the processing unit, an application search query via the application search interface, wherein the application search query includes an entity having an entity type;
• transmitting, by the processing unit, the application search query via a transceiver of the computing device;
• receiving, by the processing unit, application search results in response to transmitting the application search query, wherein:
• the application search results indicate a list of ranked applications operable to present information related to the entity,
• the application search results include metadata for the list of ranked applications, and
• the metadata includes respective application images, application titles, and application descriptions;
• and
• displaying, by the processing unit, a first application based on the application search results, wherein displaying the first application includes:
• displaying an application icon based on the respective application image for the first application;
• displaying text based on the respective application title and the text based on the respective application description for the first application;
• displaying a first indication that is associated with a first user-selectable link for a first edition of the first application, wherein the first indication describes that the first edition of the first application is compatible with a first device;
• and
• displaying a second indication that is associated with a second user-selectable link for a second edition of the first application, wherein the second indication describes that the second edition of the first application is compatible with a second device.