Flash is a technology that offers a lot of richness and eye candy - however by default, the SEO of flash based websites is appalling. If your website is a marketing tool (which it should be) then make sure your web developer understands how to design a search engine friendly flash website.
SEO for 100% flash websites
I'm booked tomorrow to do my first full-flash SEO implementation ever
on a website. This has been a long time coming, and I can think of a
few reasons why this is my first full-flash SEO project.
* There are plenty of good reasons why full-flash sites are a bad
idea. Most of the time, SEO is one of them, but it doesn't have to be.
* Most clients simply can't afford the expense of...
> articles/seo-friendly-flash/
Google crawling of flash content "improved"
Google have recently announced that they have improved their algorithm
for crawling flash content[1] on websites.
I'd expect this would be a welcome change for many web developers,
but I'm going to hold off on the excitement for a few reasons.
FLASH AS A PAGE ELEMENT
I have always supported using flash as a page element, rather than as
the 'meat and potatoes' of a website. The reasoning...
> articles/google-crawling-flash/
Don't use Flash unless you have to
Sorry if this seems obvious.
I have just rewritten a website for City Lodge, an Auckland
accommodation NZ[1] website.
The new site looks almost exactly like the old site, except it's done
in HTML instead of flash.
When evaluating the job, I saw a nicely designed 5 page flash
website, which...
> articles/142/dont-use-flash-unless-you-have-to/
