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Originally Posted by clint317
I'm not moved or excited about this at all. Who really searches for results using filetype:swf or anything like that? What average consumer do you know of?
And besides, the return is a link to the swf file itself and not the html page it resides. So the swf is expanded in the browser and all distorted.
If Google can return results of text in swf files and the html page it's embedded from thier "normal" search, I'd be impressed. Other wise, this doesn't help me out at all.
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I think the reason they haven't publicized this ability is precisely because it isn't perfected yet. They
may be releasing it, as it is right now, so we web developers, the people that look for things like this, can optimize our sites that contain Flash media for future inclusion and higher rankings in the Google results. Assuming they aren't already doing this of course.
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Google has always been an industry leader and is constantly improving its services and the quality of those services.
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To think that this is the end result is being too narrow minded and short-sighted. This is exciting because the
CONTENT within the swf files can finally be considered when doing search engine optimization. And that will improve the overall quality of the search results for the average consumer. Try to look at it beyond what it can do for you right now.
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Originally Posted by flashfast
... many flashers use what are called pre-loaders, so the slow connected user can view the % of file loaded. I noticed that google's results have many preloaders, and not the main swf file. Google reads the first text within the the flash files. So, to optimize i would just place keywords, phrases e.g "Harry Potter books now on sale at Amazon. Please wait while the movie loads..." in the preloader...
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Yet another reason to use pure ActionScript for your preloader.
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Originally Posted by flashfast
And it doesnt have to be a preloader - maybe one frame with all the phrases and words u want to appear in Google - which may not be seen by the public. of course this may be open to abuse, but I think for the short term optimisation can be used wisely.
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And, to go further, I would suggest that this is now a reason to use flash even more.
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AMEN!