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Adobe Lets Web Spiders Snag Animation

Google, Yahoo get software to better read, index Flash files

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 3, 2008 1:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – For years, web developers have faced a tough choice: Make their pages pretty with Flash animations, or optimize for search engines? Now, Flash maker Adobe has tried to make that choice easier, by giving Google and Yahoo the software to read and index Flash files.... Read full story »

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