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Google reads Flash, but how can I see what they read?

         

nmottet

2:41 pm on May 13, 2008 (gmt 0)

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Matt Cutts mentioned that Google uses SDK technology to read flash.
(http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9844989-7.html)

However, I have a large flash animation on my homepage and supposedly my designer has made it readable for search engines.

How can I check on that and is there a tool that will help me "See" what Google "Sees"? (similar to the view>source browser function that displays the web page code that search engines read).

Thanks!

iridiax

3:32 pm on May 13, 2008 (gmt 0)

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Substituting your own domain, search Google for the following:

site:example.com swf

nmottet

3:46 pm on May 13, 2008 (gmt 0)

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This shows if the swf file has been indexed, but how can I check if Google does read the text within the flash animation?

Or should I just assume that yes, Google does read any text in any flash animation now?

iridiax

4:20 pm on May 13, 2008 (gmt 0)

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In the Google search results, does it have your text in the link title and the text snippet?

nmottet

4:35 pm on May 13, 2008 (gmt 0)

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Interesting.

Google found 5 Flash animations on our site. The title Google displays for our large homepage flash animation shows only the destination URL. The title google displays for the other 4 animations however does indeed get actual text from the flash animations.

The title of the homepage Flash animation in the google results is the destination URL: http://www.example.com/pagethattheFlashLinksTo.asp.(there's 1 link from the animation to one of our other pages).

Is there a way to correct that and show keywords?

Thanks Iridiax for walking me through this.