SEO: Flash

16 common on-site SEO mistakes you might be making right now

Columnist Pratik Dholakiya shares the 16 technical SEO issues he sees most frequently. Even the most experienced SEO professionals can sometimes...

Pratik Dholakiya | Aug 2, 2017 at 12:25 pm ET

We Tested How Googlebot Crawls Javascript And Here’s What We Learned

Think Google can't handle JavaScript? Think again. Contributor Adam Audette shares the results of a series of tests conducted by his colleagues...

Adam Audette | May 8, 2015 at 12:32 pm ET

Google Mobile Warnings For Adobe Flash Sites Expand Worldwide

Google’s Pierre Far announced this morning that Google is expanding the mobile Flash warnings searchers get when searching Google and...

Barry Schwartz | Oct 7, 2014 at 9:01 am ET

Using Adobe Flash For Your Web Site? Google Mobile Results Will Issue Searchers A Warning.

Flash, Adobe’s multimedia based website technology, is not a friend of mobile devices or search spiders and now Google has decided to step...

Barry Schwartz | Jul 15, 2014 at 9:18 am ET

Homepage Sliders: Bad For SEO, Bad For Usability

One of the most prevalent design flaws in B2B websites is the use of carousels (or sliders) on the homepage. Carousels are an ineffective way to...

Harrison Jones | Jun 19, 2013 at 9:03 am ET

Google Can Now Execute AJAX & JavaScript For Indexing

This morning we reported that the comments on Facebook are being indexed by Google. Google’s Matt Cutts just confirmed on Twitter that...

Barry Schwartz | Nov 1, 2011 at 1:57 pm ET

Google Can Index “Almost Any Text” In A Flash (SWF) File

The Google Webmaster Central Blog posted an update on their Flash indexing capabilities. Google said, as of today, they are able to index and...

Barry Schwartz | Nov 12, 2010 at 9:09 am ET

Google Now Indexing Flash From External Files

The Google Webmaster Central blog finally blogged Google is now indexing the content of files that some SWF files load externally, technically...

Barry Schwartz | Jun 19, 2009 at 7:34 am ET

Google I/O: New Advances In The Searchability of JavaScript and Flash, But Is It Enough?

This week at Google I/O, Google talked a lot about the evolution of the technological capabilities of the web. HTML 5 is ushering in new era of...

Vanessa Fox | May 29, 2009 at 2:11 pm ET

How Does Google Really Handle Flash Content?

Much was made earlier this year of Google’s announcement that they’ve improved the indexing of Flash content. For years, search...

Matt McGee | Oct 14, 2008 at 12:47 pm ET

Google Now Crawling And Indexing Flash Content

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Vanessa Fox | Jul 1, 2008 at 12:00 am ET

How Flash Can Be Search Engine Friendly

For a long time there has been a tug of war between developers and designers who love to use Flash and SEOs who know how bad Flash can be from a...

Eric Enge | Apr 11, 2008 at 10:11 am ET

The Search Engine Unfriendliness Of Web 2.0

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Stephan Spencer | Oct 18, 2007 at 7:46 am ET

Meta Keywords Tag 101: How To “Legally” Hide Words On Your Pages For Search Engines

If there’s anything I particularly hate when it comes to SEO, it’s the meta keywords tag. I so wish it had never been invented....

Danny Sullivan | Sep 5, 2007 at 7:42 pm ET

Don’t Expect A Magic Flash Solution For Search Engines

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Danny Sullivan | Mar 27, 2007 at 10:38 am ET