Google learns to crawl Flash

Google Starts Indexing Flash Contents




Google has been developing a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of all kinds, from Flash menus, buttons and banners, to self-contained Flash websites. Recently, Google has improved the performance of this Flash indexing algorithm by integrating Adobe's Flash Player technology.

In the past, web designers faced challenges if they chose to develop a site in Flash because the content they included was not indexable by search engines. They needed to make extra effort to ensure that their content was also presented in another way that search engines could find.

Now that Google launched Flash indexing algorithm, web designers can expect improved visibility of their published Flash content, and can expect to see better search results and snippets.