[Laszlo-dev] Adobe releases white paper on Flash SEO

[Raju Bitter]

I added a Wiki page for OpenLaszlo and SEO:
http://wiki.openlaszlo.org/SEO_and_OpenLaszlo


On Mar 15, 2009, at 1:09 PM, Raju Bitter wrote:

> There's a video with Jim Corbett explaining the headless Flash  
> Player Google uses to index stuff:
> http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f15384v1000
>
> Here's a short list of what Jim's saying  which I took from a blog  
> post, haven't watched the video yet personally:
>
> 	• Adobe has built a headless flash player that runs through a
> swf file really fast.
> 	• Google has build a virtual user that communicates with the
> headless flash player, the user deals with the logic to make sure it
> clicks all the buttons and decides what to index.
> 	• All text fields visible on the display list can be accessed
> even dynamic ones
> 	• Images of text are not found – best way to hide
> text for Easter eggs
> 	• If you load data via external file i.e. xml and populate
> text boxes, it can be accessed via the headless flash player (Google
> are not yet passing this file back to the headless player, but they do
> index the external file)
> 	• No sockets, no video
> 	• A snap shot of the state can be taken (this is at the
> Google virtual users request)
> 	• No external interface
> 	• No swfAddress deep linking
> 	• Flashvars are ok as the virtual user passes the player the
> complete url
> 	• No accessibility text yet
>
> - Raju
> On Mar 15, 2009, at 12:31 PM, Raju Bitter wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Adobe finally released the expected white paper on Flash SEO:
>> http://www.adobe.com/devnet/seo/articles/checklist_ria.html
>>
>> They have recommendations for embedding Flash into HTML which are  
>> SEO optimized:
>> http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/version_checking_protocol.html
>>
>> What is Laszlo's take on this? Will there be SEO support for  
>> OpenLaszlo SWF runtime?
>>
>> - Raju
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