Flash Files Become Searchable

The only big thing in the internet which was hidden from search engines (Google, Yahoo) was the flash (.swf) files. But according to an announcement made by Adobe Systems today, flash files are no more hidden from these search engines. Adobe is providing optimized flash player technology to Google and Yahoo to enhance indexing of .swf files by search engines.

There are millions of flash users with millions of website using flash technology to develop websites and from Search Engine Optimization point of view, it was not advisable to use flash, but now with this news, there is a clear sign of tremendous growth of flash player technology in near future.

Let see what adobe is saying.

“Until now it has been extremely challenging to search the millions of RIAs and dynamic content on the Web, so we are leading the charge in improving search of content that runs in Adobe Flash Player,” said David Wadhwani, general manager and vice president of the Platform Business Unit at Adobe. “We are initially working with Google and Yahoo! to significantly improve search of this rich content on the Web, and we intend to broaden the availability of this capability to benefit all content publishers, developers and end users.”

Google and Yahoo! both are working with Adobe in order to bring this as soon as possible in the future updates of their search engines.

Read more in the press release from Adobe.