EmbedArticles
EmbedArticles is an article syndication service website based in Cebu City, Philippines.
Overview
eA or simply known as EmbedArticles.com is a website that aims to create a whole new approach to sharing content via embedable cards and widgets. We are trying to create a standard or a common ground in sharing full-text content without sacrificing its value and ownership. EmbedArticles.com does not compete with other article directories and present content sites. It simply enhances these websites by providing a FREE and quality service through a feature called "Embed Articles" or reposting article summaries.
The technology
eA is a humble example of both inhouse and strict choices of open source class and libraries. One thing is certain, no matter what technology we used all is certain, Open Graph and Schema.org are main players in our technology.
How IT Works
Introduction
EmbedArticles.com extracts and discovers a website through Open Graph Protocol ogp.me and/or Schemas schema.org. Whether from user-generated URL inputs or automated crawlers, EmbedArticles.com examines a given website URL and parse it for schemas and OGP metadata. Once a URL is discovered it will be added to the source list and ready for keyword indexing. Providers are site brands extracted from sources, which simply means Providers are site URL owners or hosts.
Embeds
There are few handful ways to embed content to any blog or website through EmbedArticles.com. One is through the embed button which are found in some websites and blogs using our embed button. Once clicked the user will be taken to our site with the display of our embedable cards and embed codes.
Another is by the use of embedarticles.com embed input text found at the center top of the website. Input the URL of the content you wish to embed and click on the button "Embed".
Lastly, by the use of our snippet embed tool found at http://embedarticles.com/tools/. Anyone can use this tool to embed parts of your favorite content and some other details such as image, url, site name, site url and etc...
Embeds are recorded and counted, only if the embed card or code has been detected in a page or website. Embed counts aren't counted by how many times the embed button has been clicked. And of course with this data we can know where the embed cards are found or embeded.
See below for an example embed code:
Discovery
Discovery: Basic Metadatas
- og:title - The title of your object as it should appear within the graph, e.g., "The Rock".
- og:type - The type of your object, e.g., "video.movie". Depending on the type you specify, other properties may also be required.
- og:image - An image URL which should represent your object within the graph.
- og:url - The canonical URL of your object that will be used as its permanent ID in the graph, e.g., "http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117500/".
- og:site_name - If your object is part of a larger web site, the name which should be displayed for the overall site. e.g., "IMDb".
Optional Metadatas
- article:published_time [datetime] - When the article was first published.
- article:modified_time [datetime] - When the article was last changed.
- article:expiration_time [datetime] - When the article is out of date after.
- article:author [profile] array - Writers of the article.
- article:section [string] - A high-level section name. E.g. Technology
- article:tag [string] array - Tag words associated with this article.
Example:
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Widgets & Buttons
Other than a few methods on how to make your article pages discoverable to us, as listed above. There a some alternative ways to make your article pages discoverable. And that is through our widgets and buttons.
By placing these widgets and buttons anywhere in your article pages in-turn these article pages themselves not only display a neat informative widget but also is made discoverable and can be embeded to other sites as well.
See http://embedarticles.com/widgets/ for more information AbOUT widgets & buttons.
WordPress Plugin
If you wish to use our services in your WordPress blog please refer to this page http://embedarticles.com/wordpress/
Implementing the Open Graph Protocol in your Blogger or Blogspot Adding Open Graph metadata to Blogger is easy. Simply copy the code below and paste it into your template after the
tag.
A few notes:
- og:locale Should probably actually reflect the blog's locale instead of just being a hardcoded string. Unfortunately, Blogger only gives us en-us with a hyphen, instead of an underscore, so that won't work.
- If you're using your blog as a personal profile, you may consider changing the second og:type from website to profile and adding your personal information
- og:image Is only supplied if Blogger finds an image in the current post. However, not supplying og:image is invalid. You could provide an alternate image of your blog logo, or a Gravatar.
Support
If you need any assistance please do not hesitate to email us at help@embedarticles.com