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Nutrox · 2008-07-01 #13

Quote: Originally Posted by tiran

Where does it say it can only see embedded static text? It says it can see "All of the text that users can see as they interact with your Flash file"

If you are generating text fields at runtime, and loading external text at runtime, I can't see how Googlebot would be able to read that text. Also, what about loading delays? Even if Googlebot is able to read and follow all of the ActionScript code in a SWF in order to find out what external files are being loaded, I doubt it will hang around waiting for those files to load. Then there is the issue of "what" Googlebot should look at in external files, if you are loading an XML file then Googlebot will need to work out what is going to be shown to the user and what is going to be used internally by the SWF.

Maybe I am thinking about this is the wrong way, but I can't see Googlebot ever being able to read anything other than static text fields.

As for hiding stuff with JS, everyone should be adding Flash to their HTML pages with JS anyway in order to provide alternative content for users who don't have the Flash Player installed or don't have the required player version, and for browsers that are not capable of running Flash content etc.

	Nutrox 17 Creative Assets	2008-07-01 #13
	Quote: Originally Posted by tiran Where does it say it can only see embedded static text? It says it can see "All of the text that users can see as they interact with your Flash file" If you are generating text fields at runtime, and loading external text at runtime, I can't see how Googlebot would be able to read that text. Also, what about loading delays? Even if Googlebot is able to read and follow all of the ActionScript code in a SWF in order to find out what external files are being loaded, I doubt it will hang around waiting for those files to load. Then there is the issue of "what" Googlebot should look at in external files, if you are loading an XML file then Googlebot will need to work out what is going to be shown to the user and what is going to be used internally by the SWF. Maybe I am thinking about this is the wrong way, but I can't see Googlebot ever being able to read anything other than static text fields. As for hiding stuff with JS, everyone should be adding Flash to their HTML pages with JS anyway in order to provide alternative content for users who don't have the Flash Player installed or don't have the required player version, and for browsers that are not capable of running Flash content etc.