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Kik's search engine is not picking up our HTML5 mobile app even though our robots.txt file is empty.

Our mobile app is at http://panabee-games.herokuapp.com/spoof/spoof.

Our robots.txt file is at http://panabee-games.herokuapp.com/robots.txt.

Did this happen to others?

Please note: we were asked by Kik customer support to post this question here.

Crashalot
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  • Can someone explain the downvotes please? We were asked by Kik customer support to post the question here. – Crashalot Jun 20 '14 at 18:34

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Kik indexing service determines listing eligibility based on 3 things:

  • kik.js is included
  • all necessary tags are included (description meta, icon link)
  • robots.txt doesn't allow indexing

This is the rule I would recommend using:

User-agent: KikBot
Disallow:

# Other rules if needed
# User-agent:*
# Disallow: /

I would also recommend putting your kik.js script at the bottom of the body. Other than that your code looks good.

Also, keep in mind that once your app is indexed it is added to the whitelist queue that is checked by a representative at Kik. They very quickly verify that the app does not contain any inappropriate content and then add it to the list of searchable apps.

Nick
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