Software Reviews » google http://softreviews.biz free software magazine Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:51:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Google Makes PDF Searchable http://softreviews.biz/google-makes-pdf-searchable.html http://softreviews.biz/google-makes-pdf-searchable.html#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:04:08 +0000 admin http://softreviews.biz/?p=95 Till now, google rarely included scanned documents in it’s search engine. This is mostly because it couldnt determine the content in these files, so they would be almost useless for the people who searched with Google.

Now, Google is using optical character recognition software to allow users to search Web-based PDF files.

This summer, the company revealed that it had optimized its Adobe Flash Player technology to enable search engines to index multimedia content produced in the Flash file format — content that previously had been undiscoverable.

“We are initially working with Google and Yahoo to significantly improve search of this rich content on the Web,” explained David Wadhwani, Adobe’s vice president. “And we intend to broaden the availability of this capability to benefit all content publishers, developers and end users.”

source: newsfactor

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