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Matt Cutts Tells How Google Can Read Your Flash Files

Went Hot: January 10, 2008 - 4:16 am
Posted By: northrock 543 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blogs.cnet.com)
Category: Google SEO

In this Stephan Spencer post Stephan highlights and expounds on Matt's response to indexing flash files in the recent interview Stephan had with Matt. This is a great follow up post to a successful interview.

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from northrock 543 days ago #

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Marty has a nice blurb about Stephans article over at aimClear with Flash: Poison Candy or Googlebot Food?

from johnandrews 543 days ago #

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Hah hah wishful thinking, or perhaps dreaming? I'm all for progress and looking forward to improved technology, but seriously. Oh.. wait a sec. I get it. Right. RIGHT!

Yes folks, use the Adobe Flash SDK to make sure your Flash text is adequately expressed in readable form. Skip the alternative text as that is RISKY RISKY DANGER DANGER DON'T TAKE THE RISK YOU MIGHT BE A SPAMMER AND YOU MIGHT GET BANNNED so just get to work pushing that SDK technology forward and everyone can rest easy.

Whew. Back to work.

from kevinheisler 542 days ago #

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great post by Stephan on CNET
note: there are more comments on aimClear and here than on CNET "Searchlight"

from ruchirkc 542 days ago #

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The technology is still in it's very early phase though...

from aimClear 542 days ago #

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Poison Candy...

from identity 542 days ago #

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It all comes down to intent. It is less the techniques and methods that are risky, but the implementation. When the two don't match up, or when content is specifically delivered based on bot detection, that's when people are more likely to get themselves into hot water.