Teach Google how to read your Flash?

By plugin @ vr2online@lostofctrl

of internet-connected computer

Source : adobe.com , onflex.org , adobe.com article

How Google indexing?

• GoogleBot• Spider method• Scan content and find next link• Hop through link (anchor)

Google do…

• Scan through “plain-text” website• Find link(s) in each page• And other algorithm

Google don’t…

• Try to running JavaScript on your page. • Reading other content than plain text.• Mean.. Google can’t read your flash.

Why care?

• Do you want visitor of your site?• Then which way people most visit your site?• Google?• Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

Good news!

• Google can read “Flash” nowhttp://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/06/improved-flash-indexing.html

• Yahoo , too

But…

Wanna click this?

Can we get better search result of our website?

Dynamic content , Complex flash , Bi-language

Way to solve

• Wait Google to make it better…• Or find another way to improve it

First Choice

• Don’t use them• Or use only important part (ex. Logo)

• And what about flash application (RIA) ?

Second Choice

• Make “IF”• IF user THEN display “Flash”• IF Googlebot THEN display “HTML CONTENT”

Third Choice

• Use JavaScript to load Flash instead• Target Div to load flash will have content

about it. (when JavaScript run these content will not show)

http://www.hochmanconsultants.com/articles/seo-friendly-flash.shtml

Forth Choice

• SWFAddress– Deep linking for Flash and Ajax

• With this you can– Bookmarking in a browser or social website– Sending links via email or instant messenger– Finding content with the search engines– History and reload buttons

http://www.asual.com/swfaddress/

Other Choice

• Googling and search for it!• Many tool and framework support this!

Macromedia Flash Search Engine SDK

• swf2html utility.• Extract text in Flash to create HTML• Old thing “Adobe” doesn’t support now

Gaia Framework

http://www.gaiaflashframework.com

In one click!

Thank you!

plugin123@hotmail.com / @lostofctrl