good news Google and Yahoo now can index flash files. Textual content in swf file will be index it means flash website also can be raked well.
please give a more detailed account as i must have missed this, it would have been all over the web design news...where did you get this information?
With the launch of a Flash-reading tool from Adobe, marketers can factor Flash into their SEO efforts, instead of compensating for the presence of Flash... SWF searchability FAQ : http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/swf_searchability.html This is huge....., I wasn't expecting this to happen so soon frankly.
Yes Friends, he is right http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/google-learns-to-crawl-flash.html http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/06/improved-flash-indexing.html google has launched and announced this new algorithm at 30 June and also specified all the answers of Which Flash files and content can Google better index now. that is very good news for all the webmaster who are interested to make the flash files in their sites so that Big issue is solved by Google Index Team Ron Adler and Janis Stipins. Read complete theory at http://searchengineland.com/080701-000002.php Thanks John
HOLD ON GUYS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, YEAH ITS GOOD NEWS but do check up with the limitations too,,,,,,,,,but yeah Adobe has done a great job Google can't index FLV files, such as the videos that play on YouTube, Javascript problems and many others are listed But still its a good news that google + adobe has started up with algorithm by integrating Adobe's Flash Player technology Check my signature for more info i have specifically mentioned and also in this forum Thanx
Yeah that's true but the thing is google is not able to read the flash files downloading through the javascript and as per me many are using javascripts to download the flash files.