> Sure, but they should both be indexed as a single entity according to
> Google and not two as shown in your image.

They are in the first entry. Personally I don't mind the second one
being displayed as it is, however I doubt the use of linking directly
to SWF files. I mean, a lot of SWF files require input (e.g.
flashvars, JavaScript communication) with their hosting HTML page.
Also there is no correct sizing (original width and height). A SWF
file is simply often not used like a more static pice of plugin
content like a PDF file.

>  I've been watching this
> cycle for months and unless something has changed since my research
> was published, in a few days you can expect to see only the Flash file
> indexed.
>
> IEhttp://www.google.com/search?q=deep+impact+amy+walsh&pws=0&hl=en&num=10

Yeah, that's bad. And indeed different that what is stated on
googlewebmastercentral.

> I see problems with this because users without Flash enabled can
> access Flash files in SERPs.  Does that make sense?

No, not at all. Why show this to e.g. an iPhone user if he even can't
open the search result?

> They were indexed as one (X)HTML prior to Google's support for
> SWFObject being introduced but since then only the Flash and or both
> have been indexed in SERPs but never the parent URL alone.
>
> As for the example, I've seen this in a number of other cases and
> sites with alternative (X)HTML as well but for obvious reasons can't
> publish those examples.  The example here is Google's example from
> Google Webmaster Central Blog.  While it may not be the best for this
> discussion it seems fairly accurate of other sites I'm tracking.

That would be a bad direction indeed. Maybe work in progress. Please
send your feedback to the Google Webmaster Central team.
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