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Google Search will stop indexing Flash content this year

Adobe, which owns Flash, announced that it would end support for the technology by December 2020, and now Google says Search will no longer index Flash content or Shockwave Flash files in the coming weeks.

Since Flash content used to be a draw, Search would give points to pages featuring the technology, similar to how pages with YouTube embeds are rewarded today. The mere mention of the long-in-the-tooth plug-in induces eye rolls, and the biggest web browsers, including Microsoft Edge, Chrome, Firefox and Safari, all now block Flash content by default.

The move is more of a signal to developers to get with the times and start using more modern technology to make their sites more useful.

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