Google App issues

I did a search and couldnt find an answer. Whenever I open an App within the Google App (Gmail, Talk, etc.) it opens two identical pages in Safari. I've gone into Bells and Whistles and turned on "Open Links in App", but it only opens search result links that way. It also opens suggested links in Safari. I searched North Face, for example, and it suggested it before I finished typing so I clicked the link and it popped opened it Safari instead (two of the same pages). Any workaround for this? For such a highly rated and "could be awesome" app, I'm finding it 100% useless. What are the benefits of this app that you cant get by using Google as your default search provider?