We reported some time ago that Google was able to crawl Flash documents. The news this week is that Macromedia has solved the problem so now all crawlers can crawl .swf files so they can be read and indexed by search engines. This is a great breakthrough in SEO technologies and it will be very interesting to see how Search engine optimizers wll take advantage of this.
Browser fanatics probably know already that Firefox v1.0 has been launched by Mozilla. Great news for anti-Microsoft enthusiasts.
The good news is that there is also a new version of Thunderbird (0.8) out and this one has integrated RSS support, so you can read your mail and RSS feeds using the same tool. Certainly worth a look.
By the way what does your website look like in the new browser?
Google has just announced a new set of featires for Google Adsense. Here is the announcement from Google:
Multiple ad units
To provide even more value to your users, and to help you further monetize your web pages, we're allowing publishers to place up to three ad units on every web page. Our system will automatically recognize the additional ad units, and
will serve unique ads to each. Your ad units can each have different color palettes, formats, and alternate ad URLs, providing you with the flexibility you need to incorporate Google ads into your site design.
Collapsing ad units
An additional option for your alternate ad content, Google’s collapsing ad units ensure that your page space is used to its maximum potential at all times. When targeted ads aren’t available for an ad unit, the
collapsing ad unit feature will shrink the empty ad unit, so that blank ad spaces are eliminated from your page. For instructions on implementing this feature, please read the AdSense FAQ.
New name for WebSearch
We’re dropping the ‘WebSearch’ from ‘WebSearch plus AdSense for search.’ This monetized search feature will now be referred to simply as AdSense for search – but all of the same great features
remain. For more information on providing customized Google internet and site search to your users and earning money from clicks on targeted ads, please read our FAQ.
Multiple domains for AdSense for search SiteSearch
Your Search Settings page now provides you with the option of specifying multiple domains for SiteSearch. Simply enter up to three domains when generating your search code - your AdSense for search box will list each domain with a
radio button, allowing your users to choose the site on which they would like to search.
Ads by Goooooogle
We’re currently running a test with new branding features on Google ads. You may notice some of your pages displaying ‘Ads by Goooooogle’ ad units. We welcome your feedback on this new look, and we’ll be
analyzing the results of this test over the next while.