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Example

Playcrafter: Make Flash games

by ForkLiftKid. Matching Game. Three makes a match. Match three gems of the same color to win. Make your own Flash game.

  • www.playcrafter.com/game/Matcheroo.html
  • 62k
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Description

Play games directly in Yahoo! Search. Add code to indicate to Yahoo! that an embedded game exists on your page, and when we next crawl your site, we'll take care of the rest. From your markup, we’ll be able to extract structured data from your site and render it automatically in an enhanced result in search results.

Details

  • Types of games permitted: The Yahoo! Search games player currently supports Flash games only. Yahoo! is committed to delivering high-quality, relevant search results. Do not mark up content that is inappropriate, misleading, or violates any applicable laws.
  • Supported games players include: Playcrafter
  • New games players: Your enhanced result will only appear if you are currently using a pre-approved player or if your player is subsequently reviewed and approved for display. Not sure if your player is already approved? Search on Yahoo! Search with the "site:<domain>" keyword plus 1-2 other search query terms. For example: site:metacafe.com cute puppies. If an enhanced result does not appear, please complete the player submission form to request approval.
  • How soon after I add my markup will I see my enhanced result appear? Assuming you are using a pre-existing approved player or have had your new player approved, your enhanced result will appear after Yahoo! recrawls your page; this can take between a few days and a few weeks depending on your site.

Get Started

1. Use an approved player

See "Details" section above

2. Add code / markup to your site

Copy this code and replace the example text with your data to see an enhanced result in Yahoo! Search.

Use RDFa markup to allow embedding your games on third-party sites and to use extra features such as region restrictions.

Use DataRSS XML to send your data to Yahoo! privately, using a feed. Once you have constructed your DataRSS feed, you must submit the feed to Yahoo!.

RDFa

Required

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xmlns:dc(url)
The SearchMonkey Media namespace. Format: A valid URL. The only acceptable value is "http://search.yahoo.com/searchmonkey/media/".
dc:rights(url)
The privacy policy governing the game. Yahoo! Search displays to all game players the link to your policy disclosing what information your site collects through the use of the game, and how that information is stored or used. Format: A URL pointing to a human-readable privacy policy file.
xmlns:media(url)
The SearchMonkey Media namespace. Format: A valid URL. The only acceptable value is "http://search.yahoo.com/searchmonkey/media/".
media:game(url)
The game to play when the user clicks the "play" button. A game must be paired with an image in order for the Yahoo! Search video player to display. Format: A URL to a flash game object. The flash game object must be hosted on a domain from the whitelist at the top of this page. By default, the Yahoo! Search game player will scale your flash game to 560 x 420 pixels. You can provide an explicit height and width using media:width and media:height.
media:thumbnail(gif, jpg, png)
An image that previews the game before the user clicks the "play" button. An image must be paired with a game and a license in order for the Yahoo! Search game player to display. Format: A URL to a GIF, PNG, or JPG image. The preview thumbnail must be hosted on the same domain as the game. The image should be N x M pixels large.

Example 1

<object width="512" height="296" rel="media:game"
    resource="http://example.com/game_object.swf"
    xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/searchmonkey/media/"
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">
    <param name="movie" value="http://example.com/game_object.swf" />
    <embed src="http://example.com/game_object.swf"
        type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="512" height="296"></embed>
    <a rel="media:thumbnail" href="http://example.com/thumbnail_preview.jpg" />
    <a rel="dc:rights" href="http://example.com/terms_of_service.html" />
</object>

NOTE: Your embed code might vary.

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dc:creator(integer)
The name of the person or organization that created the game. Format: A string of up to 60 characters.
dc:date(date)
A date or timestamp indicating when the game was last uploaded or modified. Format: A date or timestamp, as defined by http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime.
dc:description(string)
A short description of the game. Format: A string of up to 200 characters.
dc:identifier(string)
An unambiguous reference to the game, such as the game's unique URL. Format: A string of up to 200 characters.
dc:license(url)
Indicates the license for this content. You may use dc:license or cc:license. If you supply a Creative Commons license URL using cc:license, Yahoo! Search may use this information to help users find content that is in the public domain or under a Creative Commons license. Format: A URL pointing to a human-readable license file.
dc:subject(string)
The video's category or subject. Format: TODO
media:height(integer)
The game's height in pixels, including any "chrome" provided by the third party player. By default, the Yahoo! Search game player scales the object it receives to 560 x 420 pixels. If you provide an explicit height < 420 pixels, Yahoo! Search will confine your game to the specified height. Use this feature to adjust Yahoo!'s aspect ratio from the default. Format: An integer value equal to or less than 420.
media:player(string)
A string identifier for the player used to play the game. Format: A string of up to 60 characters.
media:region(string)
An international region where the game may be played. You may provide multiple media:region fields. Acceptable values include:
ValueRegion
*Play in all regions (default)
nonePlay in no regions
arArgentina - Spanish
auAustralia - English
brBrazil - Portuguese
caCanada - English
clChile - Spanish
coColombia - Spanish
deGermany - German
esSpain - Spanish
frFrance - French
idIndonesia - Bahasa Indonesian
itItalia - Italian
jpJapan - Japanese
mxMexico - Spanish
myMalaysia - English
nzNewZealand - English
pePeru - Spanish
phPhilippines - English
qcQuebec - French
sgSingapore - English
ukUnited Kingdom - English
usUnited States - English
veVenezuela - Spanish
vnVietnam - Vietnamese
Format: A keyword or two-character region code.
  • the keyword "*": play in all regions. If media:region is not present, the value is assumed to be *.
  • the keyword "none": play in no regions. This overrides all other media:regions that might be specified.
  • an intl such as "uk": play in the specified region. This overrides a media:region of *. You may provide multiple media:regions.
media:title(string)
The game's title. Format: A string of up to 60 characters.
media:type(media-type)
The game's MIME-type. Format: A valid MIME-type string. Currently, the only acceptable value is "application/x-shockwave-flash".
media:views(integer)
The number of times the game has been played. Format: An integer.
media:width(integer)
The game's width in pixels, including any "chrome" provided by the third party player. By default, the Yahoo! Search game player scales the object it receives to 560 x 420 pixels. If you provide an explicit width < 560 pixels, Yahoo! Search will confine your game to the specified width. Use this feature to adjust Yahoo!'s aspect ratio from the default. Format: An integer value equal to or less than 560.
review:rating(number)
The numeric rating of the game. Ideally, a number from 0 to 5 corresponding to a star rating. Format: A number.

Example 2

<object width="512" height="296" rel="media:game" 
      resource="http://example.com/game_object.swf"
      xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/searchmonkey/media/"
      xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">
    <param name="movie" value="http://example.com/game_object.swf" />
    <embed src="http://example.com/game_object.swf"
        type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="512" height="296"></embed> 
    <a rel="media:thumbnail" href="http://example.com/thumbnail_preview.jpg" />
    <a rel="dc:rights" href="http://example.com/terms_of_service.html" />
    <span property="dc:description" content="Stalk your wily prey through the bayou in this gripping test of your hunting skills!" />
    <span property="media:title" content="Duck Hunt 7: Duck Apocalypse" />
    <span property="media:width" content="512" />
    <span property="media:height" content="296" />
    <span property="media:type" content="application/x-shockwave-flash" />
    <span property="media:region" content="us" />
    <span property="media:region" content="uk" />
</object>

You may include even more data than this, such as user information and review information. This metadata will be available in SearchMonkey and Yahoo! Search BOSS for further use. For more information, refer to the RDFa specification or the RDFa wiki.

NOTE: To validate your markup with RDFa attributes, use this W3C DOCTYPE: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML+RDFa 1.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-1.dtd">

Feed

Minimum

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dc:rights(url)
The privacy policy governing the game. Yahoo! Search displays to all game players the link to your policy disclosing what information your site collects through the use of the game, and how that information is stored or used. Format: A URL pointing to a human-readable privacy policy file.
media:game(url)
The game to play when the user clicks the "play" button. A game must be paired with an image in order for the Yahoo! Search video player to display. Format: A URL to a flash game object. The flash game object must be hosted on a domain from the whitelist at the top of this page. By default, the Yahoo! Search game player will scale your flash game to 560 x 420 pixels. You can provide an explicit height and width using media:width and media:height.
media:thumbnail(gif, jpg, png)
An image that previews the game before the user clicks the "play" button. An image must be paired with a game and a license in order for the Yahoo! Search game player to display. Format: A URL to a GIF, PNG, or JPG image. The preview thumbnail must be hosted on the same domain as the game. The image should be N x M pixels large.

Example 1

<y:adjunct xmlns:y="http://search.yahoo.com/datarss/" version="1.0" name="YOURID" >
  <y:item rel="dc:subject" resource="http://example.com/game_object.swf">
      <y:type typeof="media:Game" resource="http://example.com/game_object.swf">
          <y:item rel="media:thumbnail media:image" resource="http://example.com/thumbnail_preview.jpg"/>
          <y:item rel="dc:rights" resource="http://example.com/terms_of_service.html" />
          <y:meta property="dc:title media:title">Duck Hunt 7: Duck Apocalypse</y:meta>
          <y:meta property="dc:description media:description">Stalk your wily prey through the bayou in this gripping test of your hunting skills!</y:meta>
          <y:meta property="media:height" datatype="xsd:integer">358</y:meta>
          <y:meta property="media:width" datatype="xsd:integer">576</y:meta>
          <y:meta property="media:region">us</y:meta>
          <y:meta property="media:region">uk</y:meta>
      <y:meta property="media:type dc:type">application/x-shockwave-flash</y:meta>
      </y:type>
  </y:item>
</y:adjunct>

This markup would be included in a DataRSS feed. It not only triggers the audio player on your page, but provides additional information to help improve the presentation of your result in Yahoo! Search.

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dc:creator(integer)
The name of the person or organization that created the game. Format: A string of up to 60 characters.
dc:date(date)
A date or timestamp indicating when the game was last uploaded or modified. Format: A date or timestamp, as defined by http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime.
dc:description(string)
A short description of the game. Format: A string of up to 200 characters.
dc:identifier(string)
An unambiguous reference to the game, such as the game's unique URL. Format: A string of up to 200 characters.
dc:license(url)
Indicates the license for this content. You may use dc:license or cc:license. If you supply a Creative Commons license URL using cc:license, Yahoo! Search may use this information to help users find content that is in the public domain or under a Creative Commons license. Format: A URL pointing to a human-readable license file.
dc:subject(string)
The video's category or subject. Format: TODO
media:height(integer)
The game's height in pixels, including any "chrome" provided by the third party player. By default, the Yahoo! Search game player scales the object it receives to 560 x 420 pixels. If you provide an explicit height < 420 pixels, Yahoo! Search will confine your game to the specified height. Use this feature to adjust Yahoo!'s aspect ratio from the default. Format: An integer value equal to or less than 420.
media:player(string)
A string identifier for the player used to play the game. Format: A string of up to 60 characters.
media:region(string)
An international region where the video may be played. You may provide multiple media:region fields. Acceptable values include:
ValueRegion
*Play in all regions (default)
nonePlay in no regions
arArgentina - Spanish
auAustralia - English
brBrazil - Portuguese
caCanada - English
clChile - Spanish
coColombia - Spanish
deGermany - German
esSpain - Spanish
frFrance - French
idIndonesia - Bahasa Indonesian
itItalia - Italian
jpJapan - Japanese
mxMexico - Spanish
myMalaysia - English
nzNewZealand - English
pePeru - Spanish
phPhilippines - English
qcQuebec - French
sgSingapore - English
ukUnited Kingdom - English
usUnited States - English
veVenezuela - Spanish
vnVietnam - Vietnamese
Format: A keyword or two-character region code.
  • the keyword "*": play in all regions. If media:region is not present, the value is assumed to be *.
  • the keyword "none": play in no regions. This overrides all other media:regions that might be specified.
  • an intl such as "uk": play in the specified region. This overrides a media:region of *. You may provide multiple media:regions.
media:title(string)
The game's title. Format: A string of up to 60 characters.
media:type(media-type)
The game's MIME-type. Format: A valid MIME-type string. Currently, the only acceptable value is "application/x-shockwave-flash".
media:views(integer)
The number of times the game has been played. Format: An integer.
media:width(integer)
The game's width in pixels, including any "chrome" provided by the third party player. By default, the Yahoo! Search game player scales the object it receives to 560 x 420 pixels. If you provide an explicit width < 560 pixels, Yahoo! Search will confine your game to the specified width. Use this feature to adjust Yahoo!'s aspect ratio from the default. Format: An integer value equal to or less than 560.
review:rating(number)
The numeric rating of the game. Ideally, a number from 0 to 5 corresponding to a star rating. Format: A number.

3. Validate your markup

Test your markup to make sure your enhanced result will appear.

4. Wait until we recrawl your site for your enhanced result to appear on the search results page

This can take up to a few weeks depending on your site.

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