Google is Indexing Adobe Flash Files (SWFs) – SEO for Flash Widgets?
We have started to notice that Google is continuing to improve the indexing of Flash objects (SWFs). They seem to be doing a fairly decent job, but since many Adobe Flash developers are unaware of this fact, much of that content is jiberish (variable names, stage elements, i.e.) in spite of the fact that Google says they are using an ‘interaction’ algorithm.
Here are couple of thoughts and recommendations:
- Google’s spidering of Flash content will come as a surprise to many. Developers or publishers who do not want Google to expose the contents of their Files should consider updating their robots.txt files (Disallow: /*.swf$)
- Developers who wish to potentially enhance their Flash or widget SEO, should consider putting “meaningful” content on the main stage of the Flash objects and cleaning up any placeholders or default text
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