Jun 19, 2009
Google now supports Flash indexing with external resource loading
I like many other Flash and RIA developers have been waiting a long time for this.
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/06/flash-indexing-with-external-resource.html
To date, when Google encounters SWF files on the web, we can:
- Index textual content displayed as a user interacts with the file. We click buttons and enter input, just like a user would.
- Discover links within Flash files.
- Load external resources and associate the content with the parent file.
- Support common JavaScript techniques for embedding Flash, such as SWFObject and SWFObject2.
- Index sites scripted with AS1 and AS2, even if the ActionScript is obfuscated. Update on June 19, 2009: The version of ActionScript isn’t particularly relevant, but often asked.
We index sites with AS3 as well.