Comments on: SWF Searchability finally! http://ladg.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/swf-searchability-finally/ London Advertising & Design Group Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:40:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Magnus http://ladg.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/swf-searchability-finally/#comment-64 Magnus Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:18:21 +0000 http://ladg.wordpress.com/?p=137#comment-64 Damn! So close, but yet so far. Damn! So close, but yet so far.

]]> By: Melvær http://ladg.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/swf-searchability-finally/#comment-63 Melvær Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:17:58 +0000 http://ladg.wordpress.com/?p=137#comment-63 Yeah, all flash sites that I've ever worked on has used xml for the copy. Yeah, all flash sites that I’ve ever worked on has used xml for the copy.

]]> By: bjorn http://ladg.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/swf-searchability-finally/#comment-62 bjorn Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:14:52 +0000 http://ladg.wordpress.com/?p=137#comment-62 yeah - it's all good, except that: # It will not work if you embed your website using JavaScript unless you’re lucky. Google will most likely not even find your Flash site unless they get really, really clever at running JavaScript and finding out how it modifies the page DOM to insert the Flash content. If Google is anything it’s clever, but there are limits. # It will not work if your content is loaded dynamically as XML or if you use a bootstrap SWF. http://blog.iconara.net/2008/07/01/swf-indexing-is-a-red-herring-and-you-should-all-know-that-by-now/ .. and who doesn't load content dynamically these days? - bjorn yeah – it’s all good, except that:

# It will not work if you embed your website using JavaScript unless you’re lucky. Google will most likely not even find your Flash site unless they get really, really clever at running JavaScript and finding out how it modifies the page DOM to insert the Flash content. If Google is anything it’s clever, but there are limits.

# It will not work if your content is loaded dynamically as XML or if you use a bootstrap SWF.

http://blog.iconara.net/2008/07/01/swf-indexing-is-a-red-herring-and-you-should-all-know-that-by-now/

.. and who doesn’t load content dynamically these days?

- bjorn

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