New Adobe Flash Player Enables Google, Yahoo to Index RIAs

<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9981616-7.html">CNET News</a>, <a href="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/209694/adobe-helps-search-engines-crawl-flash-sites.html">PC Pro</a>

Jim Manico, OWASP Global Board Member

July 1, 2008

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Adobe Systems has optimized its Flash Player so that Google and Yahoo can better index dynamic Web content and rich Internet applications (RIAs) and provide more relevant searches.Until now, the search engines could only read static text and links within Shockwave Flash files. Adobe's new technology will work on already created RIAs and content that loads at runtime, meaning developers and site creators won't have to go back and rework their sites. Google has already added the Flash player; Yahoo plans to do so with the next version of Yahoo Search.

"We are initially working with Google and Yahoo! to significantly improve search of this rich content on the Web, and we intend to broaden the availability of this capability to benefit all content publishers, developers and end users," said Adobe GM/VP David Wadhwani, in a statement.CNET News, PC Pro

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Jim Manico

OWASP Global Board Member

Jim Manico is a Global Board Member for the OWASP foundation where he helps drive the strategic vision for the organization. OWASP's mission is to make software security visible, so that individuals and organizations worldwide can make informed decisions about true software security risks. OWASP's AppSecUSA<https://2015.appsecusa.org/c/> conferences represent the nonprofit's largest outreach efforts to advance its mission of spreading security knowledge, for more information and to register, see here<https://2015.appsecusa.org/c/?page_id=534>. Jim is also the founder of Manicode Security where he trains software developers on secure coding and security engineering. He has a 18 year history building software as a developer and architect. Jim is a frequent speaker on secure software practices and is a member of the JavaOne rockstar speaker community. He is the author of Iron-Clad Java: Building Secure Web Applications<http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Clad-Java-Building-Secure-Applications/dp/0071835881> from McGraw-Hill and founder of Brakeman Pro. Investor/Advisor for Signal Sciences.

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