17. The system of claim 14 , further comprising a rendering component for placing a visual representation of the at least one application in a location on a layout of a search-result page proximate to the subject result.
14. A computer system for selecting at least one application using one or more characteristics of search results, the computer system comprising a processing unit coupled to a computer-storage medium, the computer-storage medium having stored thereon a plurality of computer software components executable by the processing unit, the computer software components comprising: an application manifest comprising a listing of applications mined from an application marketplace, wherein the applications within the listing are mapped to predefined characteristics; a search engine for generating an initial set of search results as a function of a query submitted by a user; a characteristic-matching component for identifying a high-ranking one of the initial search results as a subject result, and for comparing characteristics associated with the subject result against the predefined characteristics of the application manifest, wherein the characteristics of the subject result represent attributes of a website associated with the subject result; and a selection component for selecting the at least one application listed in the application manifest that is associated with the predefined characteristics matching the associated characteristics of the subject result, and storing the at least one application as a candidate for concurrent display as a digital image representation of the at least one application with the initial set of search results, wherein the at least one application that is relevant is application software designed to perform one or more tasks related to the query for the user, and wherein the one or more characteristics of the subject result associate the website to the at least one application.