# Can Google detect links in flash files?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-google-detect-links-in-flash-files/53683>\
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**Created:** [June 6, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-google-detect-links-in-flash-files/53683 "2004-06-06T18:47:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![CanadianGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@CanadianGuy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CanadianGuy)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-google-detect-links-in-flash-files/53683/1 "2004-06-06T18:47:18Z")

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Hello everyone!

Alright here’s the deal. I know that google doesn’t read text from flash files but I’m wondering if this includes links as well. You see my problem is that I’m creating a local attractions section for a site I’m working on and most of the sites in this mini directory have a pagerank of zero and very little good content so I don’t want to link to them. I’m thinking that if I put the links in a flash file then google won’t be able to detect them and it won’t mess up the relevence ranking of the site. Is this true? :huh:

Any comments on this matter is mucho appreciated.

Thanks,

Bill :beam: