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Google Rich Snippets for iPhone not working

I installed the code for Google Rich Snippets for my yycParking iPhone app on my website. The relevant HTML is as follows:

<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/SoftwareApplication"> <!-- ... --> <h2 class="txt-align-center" itemprop="description"> <strong>yycParking</strong> provides real time updates of parking in downtown Calgary </h2> <!-- ... --> <div class="two-column last"> <!-- ... --> <p>We created <strong itemprop="name">yycParking</strong> to enhance a service provided by ...</p> <!-- ... --> </div> <div class="two-column last txt-align-right"> <!-- ... --> <a title="Download the YYC Parking App from the iTunes store now" href="http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/yycparking/id460852653?mt=8" target="_blank" itemprop="url"> <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-436" title="app-store-badge" src="http://randomtype.ca/cms/assets/app-store-badge.png" alt="" /> </a> <!-- ... --> </div> <p> <meta itemprop="image" content="http://randomtype.ca/cms/assets/app-icon-124x124.png" /> </p> </div>

In the above HTML, you will see that I have included the following elements:

  • Schematic: itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/SoftwareApplication"
  • Description: itemprop="description"
  • Name: itemprop="name"
  • URL: itemprop="url"
  • Image: itemprop="image"

From reading the detailed specifications of the fingerprint software, I believe that I hit 4 required elements and correctly defined the circuit that I am sticking to.

Launching through the Rich Snippet Testing Tool I get a result that does not identify the fragment as an iPhone application and skips a nice image like "Cut the Rope".

Am I missing something? I want to dominate the parking market in Calgary, but Google is holding me back! 1: P

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It seems to you that you lack the price and average rating.
I have no idea if there is a clear definition of what is required and what is not, but adding these two solves the problem for me.

You may also consider adding additional information such as OS and version.

Here you can see a working example.

 <dl> <dt>Updated:</dt> <dd><time itemprop="datePublished">September 29, 2011</time></dd> <dt>Current Version:</dt> <dd itemprop="softwareVersion">1.1.1</dd> <dt itemprop="operatingSystems" content="iOS">Requires iOS:</dt> <dd>4.0 and up</dd> <dt>Size:</dt> <dd itemprop="fileSize">14.2 MB</dd> <dt>Price:</dt> <dd itemprop="offers" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Offer"> <span itemprop="price">9.99$</span> </dd> <dt>Average Rating:</dt> <dd itemprop="aggregateRating" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/AggregateRating"> <span itemprop="ratingValue">3.6</span> (in <span itemprop="ratingCount">931728</span> ratings) </dd> </dl>

PS: I'm not an expert on this topic, I just edited the Cut the Rope page and continued to test until the code was minimal, but it still worked.: P

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The actual “bug” seems to be a bug with the Test Tool. But I looked at the “Cut the rope” example that you mentioned, and that actually draws the image and other formats: Open Graph protocol :

 <meta property="og:title" content="Cut the Rope" /> <meta property="og:type" content="game" /> <meta property="og:image" content="http://chillingo.com/media/games/small/240x100_cuttherope.png" /> <meta property="og:site_name" content="Chillingo">
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