OneSpot Discussion: Google learns to crawl Flash

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Links: 06/07/2008

• A Adobe, Google e Yahoo anunciam que desenvolveram uma tecnologia capaz de indexar textos dentro de Flash. A má notícia é que ainda não é capaz de indexar fotografias... Os textos não podem estar convertidos em imagem (Break Apart)... Além …

Web Strategist says…

Google indexa Flash – Será que vai indexar Silverlight?

Depois de muito tempo, o Google finalmente vai indexar aplicações Flash. É um desenvolvimento importante, pois muito conteúdo na Web, incluindo alguns dos melhores sites de produtos, são feitos em Flash. Mesmo com a entrada do Silverlight e…

The Internet Marketing Driver says…

Google Indexes Flash Content (SWF), Some Initial Questions, Concerns, and Findings

On June 30th, Google announced that it was working with Adobe in order to index flash content and thousands of flash developers around the globe rejoiced! Having developed countless flash applications, I fully know the impact of making sure f…

Ralph Paglia's Posts - Automotive Digital Marketing Professional Community says…

Google and Yahoo! Now Crawling and Indexing Flash Content on Dealer Websites

Historically, search engines have been unable to extract content, such as text and links, from Flash (SWF) files. Subsequently, much of the Flash-based content on the web has been unavailable in search results. This s…

Quality Web Solutions Blog says…

Google improves on Indexing Flash Text

Google, the search engine leader takes a big step forward with its new indexing technology. The search engines robots of Google are able to crawl the textual contents in flash based websites. Until now, the web designers and web developers fa…

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SEO e Sites em Flash

Em menos de uma semana, recebi duas consultas muito parecidas sobre otimização de sites, ambas de desenvolvedores que, segundo suas próprias palavras, “só sabem desenvolver sites em Flash”, não tendo sequer a mínima noção de HTML.Para começar…

Online Marketing Blog RSS Ray says…

Can Flash Websites Now Be Optimized For Search Engines?

By: Dale Knauss, Show Producer On June 30th, 2008 Google announced that Flash websites, a previously taboo subject among Search Engine Optimization (SEO) professionals, could now be easily indexed and ranked by Google’s search engine. Co…

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PPC Management & SEO - The Wpromoter says…

5 Reasons Small Business Web Sites Should Not Use Flash

(photo: kevindooley) There’s been a lot of coverage in the blogosphere as of recent about the new friendship between Google & Adobe Flash. As reported in the Official Google Blog, the search giant has taken significant steps to improve the …

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6 Sayings for Search Engine Success (Top Tips to Boost Blog Ranking)

Here's 6 sayings for SEO (search engine optimisation) success that I made up earlier. Sayings first, details later: Improbulus's Illuminating SEO SayingsContent is king, originality the crown, and text the crown jewels. Relatedness raises re…

WebProWorld says…

Google learns to crawl Flash

Google learns to crawl Flash (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/google-learns-to-crawl-flash.html) :D Google has been developing a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of all kinds, from Flash menus, buttons and ba…

SOME RANDOM DUDE says…

This Week’s Weekly Links of the Week - Week 86

So I am desperately trying to get back on track with this blog. I ran into some technical difficulties this weekend, so I couldn’t post the weekly links until now. The true irony of the lack of updates is that I’m sitting on just a ton of co…

Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO says…

Google gets better at Flash with Adobe’s help

If you haven’t seen the official posts, Adobe has been working to make Flash more index-able by search engines. Google has recently rolled out better code for Flash, e.g. you’re now more likely to see useful snippets on Flash pages in Google’…

Adobe Blogs says…

This Week's Top Posts (7/14)

It looks like I forgot my weekly post last week, so this week's update will be twice as big. Here is a collection of blog posts from my coworkers on the Flex SDK, Flex Builder, and Adobe AIR teams: Mark...

Affiliate Marketing | Affiliate Networks says…

Google learns to crawl Flash

Posted by Ron Adler and Janis Stipins, Software Engineers Google has been developing a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of all kinds, from Flash menus, buttons and banners, to self-contained Flash websites. Recently, …

Small Business Mavericks says…

Flash, AAaaaaah! Master Of The Internet

Google has announced that it has improved its ability to crawl and index Flash files. Specifically, Google can now index any kind of text within Flash files, Flash gadgets, and self-contained Flash websites. So does that mean you should run o…

I4U News says…

Google crawls Text in Adobe Flash now

Google announces that the Google crawlers can now "look inside" Adobe Flash files and index the textual content. Now that Google launched the Flash indexing algorithm, web designers can expect improved visibility of their published Flash con...

Search Engine Marketing : Darin Carter says…

Google Now Indexes Flash

This is some big news! Google is getting smarter and now they are indexing flash websites! Here is a quick announcement: Google Learns to crawl Flash! What does this mean … well now all those flash websites out there will start popping up…

CSS-Tricks says…

Links of Interest

Best of June 2008 Noupe with another very nice monthly roundup of good design-y stuff around the web last month. I like these giant monthly roundup posts. Gives a good monthly goal of trying to write things that are worthy of being on it. Did…

OnlineMarketer.co.nz says…

So Flash is now indexable…

Big news broke in the search engine world last week…Flash files (.swf) can now be indexed by the major search engines. Flash developers will be rejoicing, but at the risk of being a killjoy I’m not sure this is really worthy of celebrating… T…

Justin Blanton says…

[bit] Google learns to crawl Flash

Google learns to crawl Flash. Google has been developing a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of all kinds, from Flash menus, buttons and banners, to self-contained Flash websites. […] In the past, web designers faced…

Search Engine Marketing Blog by ineedhits says…

Google Can Now Search the Unsearchable: Flash Files!

Adobe has just made it easier for Google and Yahoo! to uncover Web content that was previously "invisible" to Web searches. With technology provided to them by Adobe, Google & Yahoo! will be able to better index dynamic Web content and ri…

Marco Casario | RIAvolutionize the web says…

New algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash and Flex (SWF) by Google search engine

I just wanted to pass the news I've just read from the Google Official Blog: Google has been developing a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of all kinds, from Flash menus, buttons and banners, to self-contained Flash …

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Bald neues Kartenmaterial?

Google kooperiert mit Tele Atlas: Google und der Digitalkartenanbieter Tele Atlas haben gestern eine fünfjährige Zusammenarbeit angekündigt. Die Vereinbarung gibt dem Internet-Konzern Zugriff auf das Kartenmaterial der Niederländer. Im Gegenz…

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Schluß mit lustig

Die Zeit des Rudelguckens ist vorbei und die Fernseher wurden alle entlassen. Einige schämen sich... Technorati-Tags: TV Rudelgucken

PPC Management & SEO - The Wpromoter says…

Flashing Google

Google, in its never ending quest for web dominance has just announced its new algorithm designed to index flash content. This comes as a huge delight to many web developers who develop websites in Flash, since previously; flash content was …

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SEOspace - Organic Search Engine Marketing with a B2B Twist says…

Google Crawling Flash: Optimizing Flash for SEO 2.0

The other day, Google announced that they have been developing a new algorithm for indexing text found within Flash files. While they have been able to do this for some time, it appears that there... Online marketing tips and search engine …

Website Promotion and Online Marketing Strategies - Alibi Productions says…

Google Now Indexing and Crawling Flash

Judging by the buzz around the web today you would think that Google can now index all flash files. While this is partially true, I’m still a bit hesitant. Adobe announced the news today, while Google explained things a bit, here and here and…

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Derivadow.com says…

links for 2008-07-02

Google learns to crawl Flash [Official Google Blog] Google has developed a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files. They are reporting a recent improvement the performance of their Flash indexing algorithm by integrating A…

USERAGENT.ca says…

Google Now Crawls Flash Content

Once again, I got to apologize to the few of you who follow this blog for the lack of updates and posts in recent weeks. My hands are so tied up with work, friends, family, watching EURO and more... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit …

Google Webmaster Zentrale Blog says…

Verbesserte Indexierung von Flash-Content

Wir haben zahlreiche Anfragen erhalten, die Indexierung von Adobe-Flash-Dateien zu verbessern. Ron Adler und Janis Stipins - Software-Ingenieure unseres Indexing Teams - geben uns hier weitergehende Informationen zu unserer aktuellen Ankündig…

Online Marketing Blog says…

Google leert flash website indexeren

Eindelijk is het zover, Google heeft vandaag bekend gemaakt dat het vanaf nu ook Adobe flash files goed kan indexeren. Vroeger moesten webmasters die flash website ontwikkelden nog allerlei trucs uithalen om ervoor te zorgen dat deze ook goed…

TechCrunchIT says…

Black Hole Revelations: Understanding Flash

This week Google and Yahoo announced that over 10 years after web users were first haunted with flash intro splash screens, they will finally be able to index the content of SWF files in their search engines. Adobe Flash is the most prevalen…

Marc Baumann says…

Google Learns to Crawl Flash Sites - Critical Reactions From The Blogosphere

I have to admit. I am not the biggest fan of optimizing Flash websites. There are tons of blog posts which have written extensively how to SEO Flash. We all know the reasons: The search engines don’t know how to crawl these kind of sites, the…

Comet & Actionscript says…

Thoughts on Google indexing Flash

I am reading about good news coming from Google Webmaster Central Blog, , my question is if googlebot will be able to read all the scattered code from websites made in AS1 or AS2 or just in the Classes. My strong recommendation about this is …

TechRadar: All News Feeds says…

Google makes Flash searchable

Google has created an algorithm that makes searching for Flash files possible, according to Googleblog. The new piece of indexing code allows users of Google's search engine to trawl the web for Flash content, something that was not possible…

Online Marketing Mavens Blog says…

Flash and Search: Best Friends?

I love algorithms: “Google has been developing a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of all kinds, from Flash menus, buttons and banners, to self-contained Flash websites. Recently, we’ve improved the performance of this…

WebGeek says…

Info on Google’s New Ability to Index Flash

In case you haven’t heard, Adobe has provided tools to search engines to help them index Flash. The day may be near that Flash will be search engine friendly, although my gut instinct tells me it’s going to be a rough road before there is any…

Pete Ashton's Blog says…

Google learns to crawl Flash

Google learns to crawl Flash - Bad bad news. One of the key reasons not to have a stupid Flash website was Google indexing. That's now out of the window. Goodbye cross platform open standards, hello proprietary code that only works efficientl…

Yahoo! Inc. Resources | ZDNet says…

A boon to the Webtop: Adobe makes indexing Flash in search easier

It's a big day for rich Internet applications. Why? You can now find these newfangled Web applications a lot easier. Google, Yahoo and Adobe have teamed to make Flash file format content easier to find. Adobe said in a statement Tuesday th…

MickMel SEO says…

Google to start indexing Flash content

As reported on the Official Google Blog, Google has just launched their “Flash indexing algorithm”, which means that data buried in Flash applications on your site can now be seen by Google! In terms of SEO, you’ll still be far better off usi…

eTechBuzz.com says…

Google and Yahoo! now able to index flash site content also

Google and Yahoo! improved their indexing algorithm with the help of Adobe to crawl flash sites. Adobe will now provide optimized flash player to Google and Yahoo! to index SWF file content. All flash files, flash menus, banners and flash sit…

Techworld says…

Adobe en Google maken Flash doorzoekbaar

Adobe heeft een speciale technologie ontwikkeld waarmee zoekdiensten nu ook binnen Flash websites en bijvoorbeeld spelletjes kunnen zoeken. Google is er als eerste bij.

beu blog says…

Google Indexing Flash

In a rare multi-company multi-blog announcement, Google and Adobe have released their latest update which may help resolve the age old Flash / SEO question. For years, Google and other engines have had issues extracting information fro…

Telecom News from TELEPHONY Magazine says…

Flash gets searchable, widening use

Adobe’s Flash technology provides a “flashy” user interface for Web sites, set-top boxes, cell phone and video content but with one important caveat – unlike HTML, Flash content was not able to be spidered and indexed by search engines.Lookin…

TELEPHONY Magazine - Telecom News and Analysis says…

Flash gets searchable, widening use

Adobe’s Flash technology provides a “flashy” user interface for Web sites, set-top boxes, cell phone and video content but with one important caveat – unlike HTML, Flash content was not able to be spidered and indexed by search engines.

Dech says…

Google can now index flash sites

Google have integrated a Flash reader into their indexing algorithms to include support for Flash-based websites. The feature appears to be aimed particularly at finding the links within Flash navigation, in order to find the previously hidde…

jonlee.ca says…

Flash Content Can Now Be Crawled

Just today, Adobe announced that flash files will be able to be crawled by search engines. For the longest time, one big disadvantage of making an entire site (or even just parts of a site) in flash is that the content is entirely embedded i…

internetbrus.com says…

Google och Yahoo lär sig indexera Flash

Google meddelar att de precis har lanserat en ny algoritm för indexering av Flash. På Google Webmaster Blog beskriver de mer ingående tillvägagångssättet. De har riktat in sig på alla sorters SWF-filer och olika flash-element som knappar, men…

Karel Geenen says…

Google leert flash website indexeren

Eindelijk is het zover, Google heeft vandaag bekend gemaakt dat het vanaf nu ook Adobe flash files goed kan indexeren. Vroeger moesten webmasters die flash website ontwikkelden nog allerlei trucs uithalen om ervoor te zorgen dat deze ook goed…

brandflakesforbreakfast says…

google: now we can see everything. except facebook.

The Google gods have just announced that they've engineered some magical potion that allows their search engines to see text in Flash. This is a big deal for Flash developers, because up until now, if your site was built in Flash, it was pret…

Online Marketing Performance says…

Google (gasp!) welcomes Flash to its index

Following years of second-class citizen status (and SEO irrelevancy), Flash content is now being welcomed into Google's index.

Gadgetopia says…

Google Crawls Flash

Google learns to crawl Flash: This is something of a big deal. We’ll now have no excuse when a client wants a crappy Flash site. Damn. Google has been developing a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of …

Tecnología y negocios says…

Ahora Google puede leer las páginas hechas en Flash

El díde hoy, Google ha anunciado a travéde su blog, que ha desarrollado una tecnologíbasada en un reproductor de pánas Flash, y ahora su motor de búda (el máusado actualmente) están condiciones de leer el contenido dentro de los archivos SWF …

299 Steps to Website Heaven says…

Google now indexing Flash!

According to the official Google blog, Google are now starting to index Flash websites: Google learns to crawl Flash 6/30/2008 09:26:00 PM Posted by Ron Adler and Janis Stipins, Software Engineers Google has been developing a new algorithm…

Today @ PC World says…

Google's Crawlers Can Now Index Flash Pages

A big annoyance of the Internet, flashy and unnecessary Flash-built Web pages, is being remedied with an announcement that Google has developed a way to index those Flash-built pages for its search engine. The problem with Flash Web pages is...

Computerworld UK "Open Enterprise" says…

Google Is Evil in a Flash

Despite its stated desire not to be evil, Google certainly seems to be sliding that way:

USATODAY.com - Technology Live says…

Coffee Break: July 1

Google gets Flash-ier, the iPhone may get a keyboard, and scribbling your password: Mike Snider takes you on a sweet Spore tour ... We're not happy with our TV deals ... Google can now search for terms within Flash content...

Ecademy: user blogs says…

Google now indexing Flash sites [Nikki "Google Expert UK" Pilkington]

According to the official Google blog, Google are now starting to index Flash websites: Google learns to crawl Flash 6/30/2008 09:26:00 PM Posted by Ron Adler and Janis Stipins, Software Engineers Google has been developin…

Tamar Search Blog | Search Engine News says…

Google to index Flash?

Google has just announced that it has been developing a new algorithm for indexing textual content contained within Flash objects. The Google spiders will not just be picking up text in the Flash object - they will also be looking...

Blogging Tips says…

Google improves flash indexing

Google improves flash indexing Google have developed a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of all kinds. They have been working closely with Adobe so that the text within flash files can be indexed. How does this affe…

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Google working on crawling and indexing “Flash”!

Google, the search engine googopoly, is currentloy working on crawling and indexing flash files. This means that web designers/consultants no longer need to focus soley on SEO through non-flash files. As far as I am concerned, this isn’t rea…

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Last Bytes: Microsoft, Google, iPhone, more...

-- Microsoft announced its acquisition of search engine Powerset for a rumored $100 million -- a move BusinessWeek says "could give Microsoft a big leg up in efforts to catch Google." Keep dreaming, I say. [Microsoft, Businessweek.com]-- Goog…

johnon.com says…

Is it Time to Block Flash for SEO Purposes?

Whenever I interview or otherwise evaluate an SEO, I eventually find my way to The Flash SEO Question: Name 3 ways to SEO a flash-heavy web site for Google/Yahoo!/MSN, not including “make an HTML version”. I consider it a Fermi question for C…

Bloggtidningen says…

Dags för ny SEO-strategi, reglerna ändras

Dags att tänka om! Fram tills nu har ett råd alltid varit att du skall sattsa på text för att sökmotorerna skall hitta dig. Glöm det. Först började Google indexera bilder på websiter och nu sattsar Google, Yahoo och Adobe på en gemensam tekni…

Slaw says…

Flash to be Searchable

Adobe is talking to Google and Yahoo. The plan is to make sites that use Adobe Flash searchable, because now search engines slip off the face of Flash sites as if they were glass. The Adobe press announcement doesn’t add much of substance to …

Times emit says…

Apt’s links for July 4th

Official Google Blog: Google learns to crawl Flash - Be interesting to see how this pans out. How will they link to deep content? Interesting, for sure. SimplyNoise.com - The best free white noise generator on the Internet. - Great for those…

ZERO SECONDE says…

Google indexe les flash

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vBulletin Setup says…

Google can now index Flash files

Google has been developing a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of all kinds, from Flash menus, buttons and banners, to...

NetBusinessBlog says…

Great future for Flash designers ahead - thanks to Google

For a long time, SEO experts are having big fights with web designers. And one of the most common situations is when the designer wants to develop Flash based website and the SEO experts want to have more content in the page to play with sear…

AccuraCast Search Daily News says…

Google Improves Indexing And Crawling Of Flash Files

For some time now, Google has been working to improve the indexing of Flash files. They have now released some information about the new algorithm they have developed by integrating Adobe’s Flash Player Technology for this purpose.In an offi…

All Things Digital says…

Adobe Makes Web’s Flash Crawl [Digital Daily]

Flash content on the Web may be slow-loading and occasionally nonintuitive, but at least now it’s searchable. Adobe has conceived of a way for search engines to index Flash content, even pre-existing Flash content, without the need for develo…

FutureNow's GrokDotCom / Marketing Optimization Blog says…

Flash May Now Bring More Search Traffic, Does it Matter?

Adobe was the first company to introduce the concept of plug-ins to software (Photoshop), to open up Post Script standards, now they are opening up Flash so that search engines can crawl the files. Kudos to Adobe! This is wonderful way to enh…

Joe Duck says…

SEO Pseudo Alert: Google Crawling Flash

For many years anybody who knew anything about search engine optimization “SEO”, would scoff at the idea of using more than minor number amount of Flash elements in websites, because for many years those Flash elements were largely invisible …

Colin's Corner says…

Flash content now being indexed by search engines

According to VentureBeat Adobe, Google and Yahoo are about to make it easier to have rich multimedia websites in the Flash file format (SWF) Previously, search engines only indexed the “static” text and links on a site, falling far short...

Brajeshwar says…

Google, Yahoo! and other Search Engines will index Flash Files

With Adobe's help, Google can now better read the content on sites that use Adobe Flash technology, helping users find more relevant information when conducting searches.

Todd Watson says…

A Phoneless 101, An Endless In-Box

Starting today, July 1, it will be illegal for California drivers to drive and talk on a cell phone except in the case of an emergency. It will also be illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to talk on the phon…

The TrendWatch says…

July 1st, in short, in your browser

Absolut Vodka hires Kanye West and gets the infomercial treatment. The Internet is listening: Netflix will keep profiles up. Why did they even want to take them down in the first place when every single site tries to become a social netw…

manage to experience says…

Google crawls Flash content

Yes, this could lead to more abuse of Flash, and who needs that? But on the whole I take Google's announcement that they are crawling Flash content as a positive.

Дао-то на SEO says…

Google crawl Flash

Google has been developing a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of all kinds, from Flash menus, buttons and banners, to self-contained Flash websites. Official Google Blog: Google learns to crawl Flash

Burningbird says…

Burningbird's RealTech: Son of Blob

Adobe has decided to partner with Yahoo and Google, specifically, in order to enable search engine access to Flash contents. In other words, web builders that use bad web practices have been rewarded, and can continue to use Flash to complet…

Ideas for Business says…

Flash, AAaaaaah! Master Of The Internet

Google has announced that it has improved its ability to crawl and index Flash files. Specifically, Google can now index any kind of text within Flash files, Flash gadgets, and self-contained Flash websites. So does that mean you should run o…

Web 2.0, Web 3.0 ...? says…

Weekly summary – week 27

30/06/2008 – Monday TechCrunch: Google signed a five-year deal with Tele Atlas to keep getting the map data that helps power Google Maps. The deal extends to Google Earth and mobile apps, and covers 200 countries. Google also gets map data fr…

The V7N SEO Blog says…

Search Engine Friendly Flash

With the recent new releases by Google and Yahoo concerning advances in crawling flash, we are very pleased to share this timely and very informative article by V7N SEO Blog guest author S. Emerson of Accrete Web Solutions. The web design an…

Web Analytics World says…

Google Learning to Index Flash Content

Yesterday the Google Webmaster Central Blog reported that Google is working to integrate Adobe's flash player technology in order to better index flash files into it's algorithms. This is a very interesting development because over the years …

Rocky Fu's Blog says…

Digital Marketing: Must Read for Week Jun-30

Search Engine Marketing Google learns to crawl Flash [Google Blog] Google has been developing a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of all kinds, from Flash menus, buttons and banners, to self-contained Flash websites. …

Why does everything suck? says…

Adobe Announces Making Flash More Searchable, May Be Over Promising

Today Adobe announced that they have been working with Yahoo and Google to make Flash more searchable, and have provided them with technology help them do so. Google also provided more details here. But based on what has been said so far, I f…

SEOmoz User Generated SEO Blog says…

Flash Now Searchable, Isn't It?

Posted by franz enzenhoferYeah yeah, we have all read the blogs. The question I was approached with by hordes of developers, product managers, and marketers was, "Hey, can we finally officially ignore your SEO guideline and make more shiny Fl…

StraightUpSearch says…

Google Gets Friendly with Flash Content

Flash website developers can breathe a sigh of relief this morning - a collaboration between Adobe, Google and Yahoo! will make it easier for the two search engines to index Flash files (SWF).

Startup Meme says…

Google and Yahoo indexed Flash Searching with Adobe

The trend for searching stuff on Google and Yahoo has been popular since decays. The mighty Search Engines have captured a wide range of Internet Search market and people relies on their searching results without going for any other choice. …

Search Marketing Gurus | Online Marketing Advice, Tips & Strategies for SEO, PPC, Social Media, PR on the Web & Much More says…

Google Can Now Read Flash? Don't Jump for Joy Yet

Last night the Official Google Blog, the Google Webmaster Central Blog, Adobe and even Matt Cutts all announced that the Google's crawlers can now crawl and read the Adobe SWF files, just like it crawls and reads regular website pages. Matt C…

Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk says…

Adobe helps search engines to handle Flash

Search engines will be able to find text embedded in Flash files, but still can't search inside images or videos (updated)

Online Outreach for NonProfits and Foundations says…

Great News from Google

Link: Google has been developing a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of all kinds, from Flash menus, buttons and banners, to self-contained Flash websites. Recently, we’ve improved the performance of this Flash indexin…

Search Engine Roundtable says…

Google & Yahoo Begins to Index Some Flash Files (SWF Files)

The news that Adobe announced that Google and Yahoo are indexing SWF Flash files has overtaken the front page of Techmeme this morning. It is also the dominate discussion in all the major search forums. In any event, Google and...

implemented says…

Identica Microblogging and Gnip Pinging Services [Best of July '08 #1]

Identica open source microblogging. Gnip proxy service connecting data providers and consumers. Blogged blog directory and news aggregator. A web developer's browser wish list. Flash gets crawlable.

SEO and Tech Daily says…

Google to begin to crawl and read Adobe Flash files

There's been a lot of frustration among web designers about Google's inability to read Adobe Flash files. Their clients wanted a new, exciting, and rich media experience for their websites. Flash has been the platform of choice to render th…

Mashable! says…

Remember All Those SEO Tips You Read? They Are Wrong

Well, not all of them. But the one you’ll very frequently encounter went something along these lines: a search engine likes text. Therefore, if you’re building a Flash website, its position on search engines will, by definition, suck. Not an…

mathewingram.com/work says…

News flash: Flash websites still suck

It’s been a veritable geek flash-mob — in more ways than one — since Google announced that it will now be able to search and index Flash files on the Web, thanks to a special player that Adobe has created for it and Yahoo to use. The player e…

The Inquisitr says…

Google Learns to Index Flash

Search engines are finally moving past plain text. Google has announced it’s now indexing Flash content with the help of a new partnership with Adobe. The company’s new Flash indexing algorithm will let the engine find any kind of SWF conten…

Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing says…

Google Now Crawling and Indexing Flash Content

Historically, search engines have been unable to extract content, such as text and links, from Flash (SWF) files. Subsequently, much of the Flash-based content on the web has been unavailable in search results. This situation has been frustra…

Google Webmaster Central Blog says…

Improved Flash indexing

Written by Ron Adler, Janis Stipins, and Maile OhyeWe've received numerous requests to improve our indexing of Adobe Flash files. Today, Ron Adler and Janis Stipins—software engineers on our indexing team—will provide us with more in-depth in…

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