Flash Paper and google?

[arpecop]

I am just wondering is google crawl flash pages, cause the new great product of Macromedia - Flash Paper mades almost any web based file to .swf with great interface. the second option is to export the file in .pdf but there is no second opinion - (google crawls .pdf files)
sorry for bad english

[mtheory]

Google does crawl and index swf files.

I'd wait a at least 4 months from now before utilizing Flash Paper files to deliver important content though. Flash Paper publishes in Flash Player 7 which only has a 70% market penetration so far.

[sudhani]

Originally Posted by arpecop

I am just wondering is google crawl flash pages, cause the new great product of Macromedia - Flash Paper mades almost any web based file to .swf with great interface. the second option is to export the file in .pdf but there is no second opinion - (google crawls .pdf files)
sorry for bad english

Yes google does crawl and index flash pages and files. It can read the links and follow them also. Yahoo is still lagging behind. But, the good news is that Macromedia is working with Google / Yahoo to make flash files crawler friendly.

As Mtheory suggested, wait for few more months, if you want good trafic from search engines.