Search engines have the technology to do this but do not use it. I ran some tests over an 18 month period. This video shows the original FLashRunner
http://technoracle.blogspot.com/2009/01/flash-search-engine-optimization.ht ml This video explains in more details the results of the tests: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/max-2009-envision/seo-secrets-technology-and-magi c-behind-flash/ The basic premise is that Search engines basically only use content for initial ranking. Everything else is dynamic. The above video explains the mechanisms in more detail. Duane Nickull ________________________________________ Überity.com President & COO Adobe LiveCycle ES Consultant Services http://www.uberity.com Blog | http://technoracle.blogspot.com Twitter | @Uberity @duanechaos On 12-02-25 11:54 PM, "Ariel Jakobovits" <arielj...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> what the search engine project was doing > >Was that project trying to expose more information about the content in >swfs to search engines for inclusion in search results? > >Bouncing off of that, could we program a standard into our new flex >compiler's swfs where search engines can expect to find information to >help in indexing. For example, would knowing that a "3x5card" of useful >information pertaining to SEO was located at byte 350 encourage search >engines to reach there? > > >Ariel Jakobovits >ajako...@adobe.com >650-350-0282 > >On Feb 25, 2012, at 12:00 PM, Nicholas Kwiatkowski <nicho...@spoon.as> >wrote: > >> what the search engine project was doing