[SWFObject] What does GOOGLEBOT read and index?

Geoff Stearns geoff at deconcept.com
Thu Aug 3 11:11:17 PDT 2006


google will see the html that is on the page, no the javascript that  
is written to the page (for now....)

so your text on the page is what google will index, and it's also  
what will show as the little preview on the google page when you show  
up on search results.


On Aug 3, 2006, at 2:06 PM, Pablo Garayzábal wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> I am not sure about what happens with content in the div layers  
> that is replaced by the swf file when using SWFObject.
>
>
>
> For example:
>
>
>
> <div id=”flashHere”>
>
>             I want this text and/or links to be indexed by googlebot
>
> < /div>
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
>
> var fo = new SWFObject("myFile.swf", "swfId", "100", "100", "8",  
> "#FFFFFF");
>
> fo.write("flashHere");
>
> </script>
>
>
>
> What does google read? The pre-content of the div layer (I want  
> this text to be indexed...) or the swf file?.
>
>
>
> I think (and hope) that it must read the text or html content  
> written inside the layer, but I’m not sure.
>
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>
> Pablo.
>
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