> I was just reading the post "Best uses of Flash" over on the Official
> Google Webmaster Central Blog, and it reminded me of this earlier
> post. Any responses from Google insiders would certainly be
> appreciated.

> On Jun 13, 12:09 pm, Jason Grunstra wrote:

> > I've been having some interesting debates with other web developers
> > and some self-proclaimed SEO gurus about a new Flash accessibility
> > programming method that we just blogged about:http://labs.blitzagency.com/?p=171

> > The title of the blog post is Search Engine Optimization for Flash
> > Websites because well, lets face it, that title attracts more eyeballs
> > than "Flash website accessibility".

> > I've read the Google webmaster guidelines cover to cover, and I
> > believe that what we are doing does not go against Google's
> > recommendations, but I 'd love to hear other peoples opinions --
> > especially Google's own!

> > What we are doing is in the true spirit of good web development --
> > separation of content, presentation, and behavior. By doing so, it
> > allows is to make our Flash websites much more accessible to those
> > without the Flash plugin, and the 10-million plus vision impaired (in
> > the US alone). We believe that by making a site accessible, it also
> > makes it search engine friendly, and that's not a bad thing. None of
> > the techniques or text we are using are designed in such a way as to
> > trick or deceive the spiders. The text on the page == the text in the
> > Flash movie. We are simply exposing the same separated content to
> > everyone.

> > So please, check out the blog posthttp://labs.blitzagency.com/?p=171
> > and check out the case studyhttp://blitzagency.com/andlet me know
> > what you think.

> > Google, if you're listening -- please feel free to chime in! :)