Indexed Flash? Good or Bad
With both Google and Yahoo developing methods of successfully indexing flash, we will see the birth of search engine friendly flash web sites. You can already preform a flash search on google but they do not rank highly in general searches, even if they are extremely relevant.
To perform a flash search in Google just add a .swf extension to your search, You will then see that the results returned display [flash] in front of them. The returned results are not brilliant but i guess it is still under development.
Now lets talk search engine optimization. Is it a positive thing that Search Engines can index your flash? And does the indexing just happen with static text or can dynamic text be read? My main concern it that you can pretty much say what you wish in flash files and it will have no bearing on your SEO. But what about if you have information that might cause conflict with your optimisation?
What i mean by this is that the content of your site might be aimed towards a certain phrase, but you still want to mention a different service on your flash, will this water down your seo? will it effect your ranking? Most probably not, As most optimizers know the current algorithm focuses various aspects of a site meaning a slight addition piece of text will not effect a listing.
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