Comments on: Flash files can now be found http://blog.thoughtbrain.com/2008/06/30/flash-files-can-now-be-found/ THINGS I FIND ON THE WEB Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:58:31 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: admin http://blog.thoughtbrain.com/2008/06/30/flash-files-can-now-be-found/comment-page-1/#comment-50 admin Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:13:46 +0000 http://blog.thoughtbrain.com/?p=244#comment-50 I don't think Google would be "lying." I would think that Google had started developing the technology awhile back and have now made a larger leap towards this. Adobe doing their own part with developing the flash player to accompany this may have something to do with it. Google has updated their blog answering alot of questions. http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/06/improved-flash-indexing.html I don’t think Google would be “lying.” I would think that Google had started developing the technology awhile back and have now made a larger leap towards this. Adobe doing their own part with developing the flash player to accompany this may have something to do with it.

Google has updated their blog answering alot of questions.
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/06/improved-flash-indexing.html

]]> By: Nick Hauselman http://blog.thoughtbrain.com/2008/06/30/flash-files-can-now-be-found/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Nick Hauselman Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:52:43 +0000 http://blog.thoughtbrain.com/?p=244#comment-49 Google has been saying it can index Flash sites for a while - were they lying? Deep linking is not available, nor are dynamic URLs - meaning you can't bookmark pages inside the .swf, not can Google link to a page inside the .swf. Also - the key to SEO is being able to use Google Analytics to track where the visitor is going, how long they stay, etc. This doesn't allow that data to be tracked either. I have conquered the Flash/SEO Mountain - you can see it in action at: http://www.davincimediaworks.com Google has been saying it can index Flash sites for a while – were they lying?
Deep linking is not available, nor are dynamic URLs – meaning you can’t bookmark pages inside the .swf, not can Google link to a page inside the .swf. Also – the key to SEO is being able to use Google Analytics to track where the visitor is going, how long they stay, etc. This doesn’t allow that data to be tracked either.
I have conquered the Flash/SEO Mountain – you can see it in action at:
http://www.davincimediaworks.com

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