Steps
- Enter the URL for your website.
- If your app page conforms to the FastApp standards it can be added to the crawler
- After a day, your app should show up and you're done!
FastApp App Submission (beta) Tweet
Here you can submit applications for addition to FastApp.
Once you have read the instructions and configured your app's page, paste the URL into the submission field below and follow the instructions.
Once you have read the instructions and configured your app's page, paste the URL into the submission field below and follow the instructions.
iOS Submission Instructions
For the most part, FastApp will add your iPhone app to the index automatically. You can search for your app on the home page to see if it exists.If the app is not yet in our index, you can add it by using the iTunes URL for your app.
The iTunes URL will be in the format:
http://itunes.apple.com/app/id<Your App ID>
FastApp knows how to crawl the iTunes pages. Simply copy and paste your app's iTunes URL into the URL submission box below for further instructions.
General Submission Instructions
For every app that you wish to submit to FastApp there must exist exactly one webpage that describes this app.This webpage must
- be accessible at all times
- contain all of the mandatory meta tags described below
- Not contain pornagraphic material or swearing - all web-pages will be reviewed by a human.
Metatags
Metatags are the way that FastApp gathers information to put in the index.
Metatag rules
Items with a
are mandatory.
Metatag rules
- Each FastApp metatag must start with "fa:"
- Tag placement: convention would have you put each metatag between the <head> tags on your page, as some people don't have the ability to edit the head area, anywhere on the page will do.
- Metatag property names are not case-sensitive but metatag property content values are case-sensitive.
- Tag property names / values must not contain HTML markup. If HTML is present, the app will not be crawled.
Metatag API
The following is a description of each of the metatags that and the format of the content.Items with a
are mandatory.- Title
<meta property="fa:title" content="Your App's Name" />
- Description
<meta property="fa:description" content="Your app's description\nWhich can have line breaks" />
- Platform - platform is a comma separated list of platforms that your app runs on.
Currently FastApp supports the platforms: Android, Blackberry, iOs, Nokia and Twitter
If you think we should add another platform, please email us at feedback@fastapp.com<meta property="fa:platform" content="Blackberry,Nokia" /> - Icon - the application icon value must be a valid URL with an actual image png/gif. Icon should be 100px by 100px and does not need rounded corners. We will add them.
<meta property="fa:icon" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappicon100x100.gif" />
- Image - you can have multiple image metatags. Each one will be a screenshot of your app.
There's no size restriction but good rule of thumb is 320px by 480px.
Keep in mind that this image will be served from your web server<meta property="fa:image" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappimage1-320x480.png" />
<meta property="fa:image" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappimage2-320x480.png" />
<meta property="fa:image" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappimage3-320x480.png" /> - Price - price can be two types of value, the first is the word "Free",
The second is a numeric value preceded by a currency smbol, as in the example below.<meta property="fa:price" content="$12.99" /> - Category - category is a hierarchy (notice the bar "|" divider).
The first part of the hierarchy must match an existing category in FastApp.
The second can be any sub-category that you care to name. Your app will show up at both levels.<meta property="fa:category" content="games|arcade" /> - Released - the date your app was released.
In ISO format. YearMonthDate. For example 200110509<meta property="fa:released" content="20111231" /> - Company
<meta property="fa:company" content="Your company name" />
- DowrloadUrl - this is the URL that will take the FastApp user to the place where they can buy or download your app.
If this value is not set then the URL of the metatag page describing the app will be used.<meta property="fa:downloadUrl" content="http://marketplace.com/myapp/234234/index.html" /> - Version: the version number of your app.
<meta property="fa:version" content="1.6alpha" />
- Size - the size of your app in megabytes.
<meta property="fa:size" content="1.6" />
- Language - a comma separated list of languages supported by your app.
<meta property="fa:language" content="English,French" />
- New - a list of new features for this version of your app.
<meta property="fa:new" content="A list of the things that are new in the app for this version" />
- Compatible - a comma separated list of supported devices.
<meta property="fa:compatible" content="HTC,HTC Inspire" />
Metatag Copy / Paste
A copyable list of metatags.
Advanced
For every comma separated value in the platform metatag, you can specify
overrides for each of the values. For example, you might want different screen shots to
apprear for Android as opposed to Blackberry.
This is accomodated using the notation below. Again, the tag properties are case-insensitive, but shown here in CamelCase for clarity.
This is accomodated using the notation below. Again, the tag properties are case-insensitive, but shown here in CamelCase for clarity.
<-- the mandatory platform metatag -->
<meta property="fa:platform" content="Blackberry,Nokia" />
<-- the default properties -->
<meta property="fa:price" content="$12.99" />
<meta property="fa:icon" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappicon100x100.gif" />
<meta property="fa:image" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappimage1-320x480.png" />
<meta property="fa:image" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappimage2-320x480.png" />
<-- the overrides for Blackberry -->
<meta property="fa:Blackberry:image" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappimage1-bb-320x480.png" />
<meta property="fa:Blackberry:image" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappimage2-bb-320x480.png" />
<meta property="fa:Blackberry:image" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappimage3-bb-320x480.png" />
<-- the overrides for Nokia -->
<meta property="fa:Nokia:image" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappimage1-nokia-320x480.png" />
<meta property="fa:Nokia:image" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappimage2-nokia-320x480.png" />
<meta property="fa:Nokia:price" content="$22.99" />
<meta property="fa:Nokia:icon" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappiconNokia-320x480.png" />
<meta property="fa:platform" content="Blackberry,Nokia" />
<-- the default properties -->
<meta property="fa:price" content="$12.99" />
<meta property="fa:icon" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappicon100x100.gif" />
<meta property="fa:image" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappimage1-320x480.png" />
<meta property="fa:image" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappimage2-320x480.png" />
<-- the overrides for Blackberry -->
<meta property="fa:Blackberry:image" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappimage1-bb-320x480.png" />
<meta property="fa:Blackberry:image" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappimage2-bb-320x480.png" />
<meta property="fa:Blackberry:image" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappimage3-bb-320x480.png" />
<-- the overrides for Nokia -->
<meta property="fa:Nokia:image" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappimage1-nokia-320x480.png" />
<meta property="fa:Nokia:image" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappimage2-nokia-320x480.png" />
<meta property="fa:Nokia:price" content="$22.99" />
<meta property="fa:Nokia:icon" content="http://mywebsite.com/myappiconNokia-320x480.png" />
