The RSS feed markup

The RSS feed structure

<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<rss xmlns:yandex="http://news.yandex.ru"
    xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
    xmlns:turbo="http://turbo.yandex.ru"
    version="2.0">
    <channel>
        <!-- Information about the source site  -->
        <title>Feed title</title>
        <link>http://www.example.com/</link>
        <description>Short feed description</description>
        <language>ru</language>
        <turbo:analytics></turbo:analytics>
        <turbo:adNetwork></turbo:adNetwork>
        <item turbo="true">
            <!-- Page information -->
            <turbo:extendedHtml>true</turbo:extendedHtml>
            <link>http://www.example.com/category/sub-category/page1.html</link>
            <turbo:source></turbo:source>
            <turbo:topic></turbo:topic>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 14:15:00 +0300
            <author>Ivan Ivanov</author>
            <metrics>
                <yandex schema_identifier="ID">
                    <breadcrumblist>
                        <breadcrumb url="http://example.com/" text="Home"/>
                        <breadcrumb url="http://example.com/category/" text="Category"/>
                        <breadcrumb url="http://example.com/category/sub-category/" text="Subcategory"/>
                        <breadcrumb url="http://example.com/category/sub-category/page1.html" text="Page example"/>
                    </breadcrumblist>
                </yandex>
            </metrics>
            <yandex:related></yandex:related>
            <turbo:content>
                <![CDATA[
                    <!-- 1 page content -->
                ]]>
            </turbo:content>
        </item>
        <item turbo="true">
            ...
            <turbo:content>
                <![CDATA[
                    <!-- Page 2 content --> 
                ]]>
            </turbo:content>
        </item>
        ...
    </channel>
</rss>
channel *
Source site information.
title
The RSS feed title.

If you export the entire site contents, specify the site name. If you export a site section, enter just the section title.

link
Domain of the site from which the data is passed.
description

Channel description in one sentence. Do not use HTML markup.

language

The article language according to the ISO 639-1 standard.

turbo:analytics

Web analytics tag for tracking Turbo pages traffic.

Learn more

turbo:adNetwork
Attention. This method of specifying ad blocks is outdated. Instead, use manual configuration in Yandex.Webmaster. For more information, see Manual configuration in the interface.

Use it to specify the Yandex Advertising Network blocks and third-party ads connected through Adfox.

For more information about ad blocks on Turbo pages, see Advertising.

item *

Page information.

To display Turbo pages, add the turbo="true" attribute. To disable the display of a Turbo page, set the value to false. For details, see Managing Turbo pages display.

One item element describes one page.

turbo:extendedHtml *

Activation of processing custom HTML and CSS.

Required parameter for using full set of tags. If you don't pass this parameter, some tags will be ignored.

link *

The URL of the site page to generate the Turbo page for.

Requirements:
  • The link must contain the HTTP or HTTPS scheme prefix.
  • The link domain must be the same as the source site domain.
  • The maximum length of the URL is 243 ASCII characters.
  • Each URL must contain one article.

When the link is clicked, the header and the beginning of the text should fit the first screen at 1024 × 768 resolution.

turbo:source
The source page URL that can be sent to Yandex.Metrica.
turbo:topic

The page heading that can be sent to Yandex.Metrica.

pubDate

Publication time in the RFC-822 format.

A required element for forming the automatic home page.

author

The author of the article published on the page.

metrics
Attention. Nested metrics elements must be passed if you use the Content reports on the main pages of the site.

Additional information about the page. Used for linking content information on the main and Turbo pages of the site.

yandex
Information for Yandex.Metrica. Allowed attributes:
  • schema_identifier — The ID specified on the main page.
breadcrumblist
Attention. The breadcrumblist elements aren't used for building “breadcrumbs”. They are only used to identify the headings.

Block with headings specified on the main page of the site.

breadcrumb
Page information. Allowed attributes:
  • url — URL of the category/page.
  • text — Name of the category/page.
yandex:related

You can post links to other resources or customize the display of the infinite scroll.

These links will be placed at the bottom of the Turbo page. To add links anywhere on the page, use Block of links to additional materials.

Infinite recommendations feed
Attention. The infinite feed can be formed only from articles that have Turbo page versions.
To specify the set of pages manually:
  1. In the item element of the page, add the yandex:related element with the type="infinity" attribute.
  2. Inside the yandex:related element add links to the pages the feed is generated from. Links must be specified using the link element with the url attribute. The tag can contain up to 240 characters of text.
    Example:
    ...
        <yandex:related type="infinity">
            <link url="http://www.example.com/page.html">example</link>
            <link url="http://www.example.com/page2.html">example</link>
            ...
        </yandex:related>
    ...
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To display Adfox ads on the Turbo pages with the infinite feed:
  1. In the Adfox interface, go to the Parameters tab.
  2. In the Code type list choose <non-duplicated banners>.
Learn more about settings in .
turbo:content *

Required

Sending the page content

Turbo page content is passed in the turbo:content element. Content must be wrapped in the ![CDATA[]]>
...
    <turbo:content>
        <![CDATA[
            <!-- Page content -->
        ]]> 
    </turbo:content>
...
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The page content must contain the page header and the content part:To make a Turbo page look more like the original, use HTML and CSS. Styles are set via CSS settings in Yandex.Webmaster.
...    <!-- Header -->
    <header>
        <h1>Page title</h1>
        <figure>
            <img src="http://example.com/img.jpg" />
        </figure>
        <h2>Level 2 heading</h2>
        <menu>
            <a href="http://example.com/page1.html">Link text</a>
            <a href="http://example.com/page2.html">Link text</a>
        </menu>
    </header>
    <!-- Content part -->
...
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header *
h1 *

Page heading.

figure
The element used for generating a preview in the header. Can be used for generating a picture with caption.
img
The src attribute must contain the image URL. JPEG, PNG, GIF formats are supported.
h2

Level two heading.

menu
Navigation menu.
a

Menu item. The href attribute must contain the site page link.

Required

Characters and encodings

In the export file, specify the encoding used by your server. The most commonly used encodings are: UTF-8, Windows-1251, KOI8-R.

In all elements of the RSS file, except for the <![CDATA[]]> tag content, encode the following characters:
Character Name Replacement code
& Ampersand &
> Right pointed bracket >
< Left pointed bracket <
" Inverted commas "
' Apostrophe '
Character Name Replacement code
& Ampersand &
> Right pointed bracket >
< Left pointed bracket <
" Inverted commas "
' Apostrophe '

For example, the link http://example.com/?id=1&page=10 should look like http://example.com/?id=1&page=10.

RSS feed example

<rss xmlns:yandex="http://news.yandex.ru" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:turbo="http://turbo.yandex.ru" version="2.0">
    <channel>
        <title>Name of the RSS feed</title>
        <link>http://www.example.com/</link>
        <description>Short description of the RSS feed</description>
        <turbo:analytics type="Yandex" id="123456"></turbo:analytics>
        <turbo:adNetwork type="Yandex" id="block ID" turbo-ad-id="first_ad_place"></turbo:adNetwork>
        <turbo:adNetwork type="Adfox" turbo-ad-id="second_ad_place">
            <![CDATA[
                <div id="container ID"></div>
                <script>
                    window.Ya.adfoxCode.create({
                        ownerId: 123456,
                        containerId: 'container ID',
                        params: {
                            pp: 'g',
                            ps: 'cmic',
                            p2: 'fqem'
                        }
                    });
                </script>
            ]]>
        </turbo:adNetwork>
        <item turbo="true">
            <turbo:extendedHtml>true</turbo:extendedHtml>
            <link>http://www.example.com/page1.html</link>
            <author>Ivan Ivanov</author>
            <category>Technology</category>
            <pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2002 19:59:01 +0300</pubDate>
            <yandex:related type="infinity">
                <link url="http://www.example.com/other-page1.html">Link text</link>
                <link url="http://www.example.com/other-page2.html">Link text</link>
            </yandex:related>
            <turbo:content>
                <![CDATA[
                    <header>
                        <h1>The Healthy Breakfast restaurant
                        <h2>Healthy and delicious</h2>
                        <figure>
                            <img src="https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/get-sbs-sd/403988/e6f459c3-8ada-44bf-a6c9-dbceb60f3757/orig">
                        </figure>
                        <menu>
                            <a href="http://example.com/page1.html">Menu item 1</a>
                            <a href="http://example.com/page2.html">Menu item 2</a>
                        </menu>
                    </header>
                    <p>What's a good way to start the day? <del>With a Cup of invigorating coffee!</del> <ins>Delicious and healthy Breakfast!                    <p><b>Join</b> us for breakfast. Check out photos of our dishes <a href="#">on our website</a>.</p>
                    <h2>Menu</h2>
                    <figure>
                        <img src="https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/get-sbs-sd/369181/49e3683c-ef58-4067-91f9-786222aa0e65/orig">
                        <figcaption>Omelette with herbs</figcaption>
                    </figure> 
                    <p>Our menu always contains fresh, delicious and healthy options.</p>
                    <p>Find out for yourself.</p>
                    <button formaction="tel:+7(123)456-78-90" data-background-color="#5B97B0" data-color="white" data-primary="true">Reserve a table</button>
                    <section id="contacts">
                        <div data-block="widget-feedback" data-stick="false">
                            <div data-block="chat" data-type="whatsapp" data-url="https://whatsapp.com"></div>
                            <div data-block="chat" data-type="telegram" data-url="http://telegram.com/"></div>
                            <div data-block="chat" data-type="vkontakte" data-url="https://vk.com/"></div>
                            <div data-block="chat" data-type="facebook" data-url="https://facebook.com"></div>
                            <div data-block="chat" data-type="viber" data-url="https://viber.com"></div>
                        </div>
                        <p>Our address: <a href="#">Nullam dolor massa, porta a nulla in, ultricies vehicula arcu.</a></p>
                    <section>
                    <p><small>Photos — http://unsplash.com</small></p>
                ]]>
            </turbo:content>
        </item>
    </channel>
</rss>
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