Posts Tagged ‘indexing’

How Google index text embedded in Adobe Flash?

In this experiment we will try to figure out can and how Google index content inside the Adobe Flash .swf file.
Experiment will provide us with answers to 6 questions?

1. Can Google recognize text in static text field?
2. Can Google recognize embedded text in dynamic field?
3. Can Google recognize dynamic text inserted via variable?
4. Can Google index dynamic text inserted via instance name?
5. What will happen if we assign some text to a variable but not show that text on the stage?
6. What will happen if we add some nice content in ActionScript and make it commented?

Experiment is created with Adobe Flash CS3 and published for Flash Player 9 and ActionScript 2.0

January 5th

After few months of waiting we have good results!
#1 Yes Google can index static text fields:Link to static content
#2 Yes Google can index static text in dynamic text fields:Link to static content
#3 Yes!Link to dynamic content
#4 Hell Yes!Link to dynamic content
#5 This is really good. Google is not showing text that is used in variables but not displayed on the staga!
_root.fake1 = "fake text 1";
Link to non used content
#6 This is really good. Google is not showing text that is used in variables but not displayed on the staga!
fake2.text = "fake text 2";
Link to non used content

Can Google and Yahoo follow link in Adobe Flash?

Hm, hm

We will try to discover:

1. What will happen if we add link somewhere in text field?
2. What will happen if we make whole text field as a link?
3. Can Google and Yahoo follow and index pages that have on(press) ActionScript?
4. What about function that have getURL ActionScript?
5. What will happen with commented getURL?

Experiment is created with Adobe Flash CS3 and published for Flash Player 9 and ActionScript 2.0

November 15th
On time line we added ActionScript function that calls GetURL function with our test URL.

function functiontest(){
getURL("**our testing URL**", "_blank");
}

I was surprised today when I saw that Google indexed our test page even if we didn’t called our test function.
It looks that this can be good way to add all pages that you want to be followed from Adobe Flash.