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Dec 6, 2008, 09:03 #1
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Google and Flash
I wish to inquire something.
I am creating a full flash site. Now I know Google can spider flash but I wish to ask, whether it can spider the whole site, or just the main page?Hamza Shams
CEO Xyber 3D Studios
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Dec 6, 2008, 10:49 #2
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Of course google spiders whole page, don't worry
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Dec 11, 2008, 16:03 #3
Google does not crawl inside the swf files. You must have all links and texts as alternate content.
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Dec 11, 2008, 21:06 #4
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Incorrect. From google themselves:
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogsp...-indexing.html
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Dec 11, 2008, 21:20 #5
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Google can read flash content now. But still I don't like the idea of showing pages from one single flash file.
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Dec 11, 2008, 22:54 #6
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Dec 11, 2008, 23:33 #7
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you need to be careful during flash site optimization, and use high alt text so you can explain well about content to spider to crawl.
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Dec 12, 2008, 08:41 #8
Great to hear that!
After reading the article there seem to be a lot of limitations that can prevent indexing your flash content.
Externally loaded content is not included - as news tickers or other flash gadgets that load external content.
Not sure if static texts are indexed as those are stored as images (instead of embedding fonts as for dynamic texts). A user said above that his dynamic text was indexed so that works for sure. I assume it just reads the swf and mainly indexes what's listed as text or links inside actionscript code or library symbols.
Also javascript loaded flash files are not indexed - covering all recent flash standard files loaded as default with AC_RunActiveContent.js .
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Dec 12, 2008, 09:41 #9
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Dec 15, 2008, 17:40 #10
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check out swfaddress and its solution to seo. It's a great add on to flash and allows deep linking within flash.
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Dec 17, 2008, 23:23 #11
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it means google can crawl both dynamic as well as static text. ?
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