Jul
03
Indexing Flash SWF files. Adobe opens its doors to Google and Yahoo!
2008 at 10,02
published by ciaopeople
Finally, Adobe has announced that they have been sitting around a table with Google and Yahoo with the aim of “opening” the contents of the Flash SWF files to the public.
The 2 search engines will have the technology of Adobe Flash Player through which they will be able to access any type of information contained in this file type.
The index of the file contents in Flash at the moment presents several limitations, including:
1. flash files are seen as elements / distinct pages simply linked to the page that contains them and are completely independent from the context of the page.
2. links are seen by search engines as simple URLs and so
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