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[djworth]

Is it possible to get a channel indexed in Roku Search.

It looks like there is a select few channels currently being indexed. Is it possible to get a channel added?

Have any docs been published on how to get your channel indexed in Roku Search?

Thanks for any help.
- Dan W.

[Anonymous]

Hi Dan,

At this time, search is limited to select partners. We are thinking, however, about how best to approach search and discovery for all channels. While it's not exposed to users just yet, you might notice that we added a keyword field to the channel information you can provide when creating or editing your channel. Additionally, there's now a longer web description, that wil be used in place of the shorter Channel Store description on our new web-based channel store.

Patrick

[djworth]

Hi Patrick,

Thanks for responding.

We have a video sitemap as well as an mRSS feed that the Roku Search indexer could crawl. Perhaps we could pass these feed urls in the manifest file or some other channel specific field?

This seems like a pretty solid approach that leverages existing specs.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Dan W.