Normally people dump the choice of Flash as a platform for some reasons such as Search Engine Visibility , Usability , Plugins etc.
I was surprised to find that Google reads text inside flash swf movies
Follow these steps to find out how
- goto http://www.google.com/search?q=filetype%3Aswf
- i landed on http://www.siderpiemonte.it/index.swf
- unforturnately its a non–english (italian) website
- giorgio vercelli is a text inside the flash movie
- now i go to google and type giorgio vercelli
- I can see www.siderpiemonte.it/index.swf in the search results with the term “giorgio vercelli “ highlighted

Is it not great ? Soon RIAs using flash will be a common place if search engines can read flash movies
note : I thought google reads only the first frame so I clicked on a button which took me to some other frame .
Now google for rete elettrosaldata listino extra 2002
I can see www.siderpiemonte.it/index.swf in the search results
Aint this cool ?
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