Using the Flash Search Engine SDK, Google is now able to decompress, read links and content embedded inside .swf files developed in Macromedia Flash (one would naturally assume this applies to files developed in Swish as well). The Flash Search Engine SDK code supports SWF files created for Flash Player 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.
How does it work?
The SDK includes an application named ‘swf2html’. Swf2html extracts text and links from a Flash .SWF file, and returns the data to stdout or as an HTML document. Swf2html is provided as a compiled application, and as a static library for linked library implementation. For complete functionality, see the file Readme.htm included in the SDK.
Using the SDK tool, any developer can get the text output from the SWF and see how search engines view the extractable text of any SWF. On a Windows operating system, you can go to the DOS prompt and execute the swf2HTML application very easily.
Flash 8 does allow you to input meta data for the Title and Description and the SDK is fairly intelligent in terms of recognizing text and links that are embedded in the file.
More on how it works:
Optimizing Flash Files for the Search Engines
FAQ:
Adobe - Player Licensing : Search Engine SDK FAQ
Flash developers can download the Macromedia Flash Search Engine SDK from the Adobe site and see what the SE's would...
Adobe - Player Licensing