Make Flash Sites More Searchable - 3

Posted by Sravan | June 10, 2008 .

Tools

We’ve already talked about the Search Engine SDK provided by Adobe.

The SWF file format in Flash 8 began supporting XMP metadata with a goal to enhance search engine support. A title and a description of the flash file can be added in the Document Properties dialog box. The information will be extracted using the SDK.

SE-flash.com is an online tool that shows how search engines see your flash files. It extracts the text and links from a given SWF. I am not sure if the website has been updated recently, but it provides another perspective.

If you know of any other tools that could be useful, kindly leave a comment.

Read previous post of the series here.