grelmar - 6:25 am on Jul 1, 2008 (gmt 0)

Adobe Press Release [adobe.com]

Adobe is providing optimized Adobe® Flash® Player technology to Google and Yahoo! to enhance search engine indexing of the Flash file format (SWF) and uncover information that is currently undiscoverable by search engines.

Key aspect of Flash files the new "special" player will make indexible includes links and text.

Reportedly, Google will be first to utilize the new technology and show results accordingly.

This could be a big shift forward for Flash content if the tech does what Adobe, Google, and Yahoo claim it will do.

It's also notable that MS wasn't included in the partnership.