The Google Webmaster Central Blog posted an update on their Flash indexing capabilities. Google said, as of today, they are able to index and understand “almost any text a user can see as they ...

Google officially began indexing forms of Flash (SWF) files in 2008. But there were signs of Google indexing Flash back in 2004. That being said, Google announced that they are able to index and use ...

A SWF file doesn't need to contain the video file: SWF files may include video content that has been imported from FLV or F4V files, or may merely reference external FLV/F4V video files which the SWF ...

Researchers have seen an uptick in Adobe Flash .SWF files being used to trigger malicious iFrames across websites. Researchers have seen an uptick in Adobe Flash .SWF files being used to trigger ...

A security researcher has found a gap in the way Adobe Systems has fortified its Flash Player for better security, which could result in data being stolen and sent to a remote server. Billy Rios, a ...

Spammers are stepping up their use of Shockwave Flash (SWF) file redirects to avoid detection, security researchers said this week. Alex Eckelberry, president of Sunbelt Software, a security software ...

When it comes to SEO, Flash can be a polarizing topic. Whenever I’m speaking with clients about their SEO initiatives (along with their creative and technical staff), it only takes one mention of ...

There are times when it is helpful to see the contents of a generated SWF to better understand what is being included in it. There are several tools that can help with this. I’ll briefly summarize ...