Comments on: New Technique for Optimizing Flash Sites for Search and Usability

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:29:22 +0000

Flash still has a long way to go as far as SEO goes. None of my flash projects rank well no matter what we do.

By: NaldzGraphics

NaldzGraphics — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:45:36 +0000

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By: Lamees

Lamees — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:23:18 +0000

Thanks for the comment. I agree. I can imagine the higher tag price for the extra work needed to optimize a Flash site for search can be a turn off issue for a client. I believe the technique suggested here, and which I personally use, works best for small sites. The light I see at the end of the tunnel is that Google will fully index Flash sites so the designers don’t have to worry about it (Google explains improved Flash indexing in recent Webmaster Centrals blog: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/06/improved-flash-inde xing.html).

By: MB Web Design

MB Web Design — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:53:23 +0000

An enlightening read, though convincing clients to set aside the extra money for the alternate versions of their sites can fall on deaf ears, particularly at the modest end of the market.

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Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:20:40 +0000

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By: DeeMX

DeeMX — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:26:14 +0000

I like the flash technologies, but Flash currently isn’t a search-friendly technology and I use traditional html and xhtml markup language for my projects.

By: Information Man

Information Man — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:31:23 +0000

This can make the results better for flash-sites but it is a lot of effort to make 2 pages and updates will never make it to the HTML-Part because there is never time for this kind of work.

By: John Dowdell

John Dowdell — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:07:33 +0000

Yes, I didn’t go back to 2002 for links, just showed that the links exist. I figured anyone would be able to confirm the info, once they know it exists.

Google has provided mixed and untimely public info on what they do, but if you’re part of the two-way conversation, you’ll have read about the SEO mythologies for years.

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By: radyo dinle

radyo dinle — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:29:06 +0000

yes this is useful for flash thanks for scharinf this article

By: Keylogger Guy

Keylogger Guy — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:08:06 +0000

I think this data might be quite useful because I’m thinking of building some flash projects.

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By: Mobile PC guy

Mobile PC guy — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:10:55 +0000

Adding more text info to flash site could be useful for many purposes. Mobile PC guy's last blog post..ASUS EeePC 1000 (1001) on Computex 2008

By: Utah SEO

Utah SEO — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:42:43 +0000

Putting all that in the makes me cringe. There's a MUCH better way of doing that: SEFFs http://wahlers.com.br/claus/blog/seffs-to-flash-or-not-to-flash/ Utah SEO's last blog post..Top 3 Unsung SEO Heroes of 2008

By: seo guy

seo guy — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:48:32 +0000

This is great stuff here! I must say I usually advice to stay away from flash myself but this opened my eyes. The last time I had to use double css in order to have a printable, seo friendly version of the website. seo guy's last blog post..23 creative ads for your inspiration.

By: Lamees

Lamees — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:36:10 +0000

Thanks for the positive feedback. I agree, I wrote this post because I find clients like Flash sites but they’re not getting good value from their websites because search engines don’t like Flash. This is one way to please both audiences.

By: Web Marketing Man

Web Marketing Man — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:18:07 +0000

Glad to see that flash can become search engine friendly. One of the prime rules of on page optimization has always been – NO FLASH – glad this has changed now.

By: Lamees

Lamees — Sat, 31 May 2008 00:15:24 +0000

Hi John, with all respect, your links don’t say that search engines have been indexing Flash files for “years, and years and years”.
In fact, I have another Flash site that I did not optimize like I explain in this article and Google Webmaster lists the Flash file as “Non-indexable content issue” and provides this explanation “Most search engines are text-based. Content contained in non-text files such as images or Flash files may not be properly indexed, and may not appear in search results”. Read these Google guidelines for working with Flash: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=72746&hl =en

By: IC

IC — Sat, 31 May 2008 00:12:31 +0000

this is the oldest trick in the book. I would look at swfobject or UFO before doing this…

By: John Dowdell

John Dowdell — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:49:37 +0000

Hi, you’re aware that search engines have actually been spidering and indexing text and links within SWF for years, and years, and years, right?

http://www.google.com/search?q=seo+experts+filetype%3Aswf
http://weblogs.macromedia.com/jd/archives/2004/10/seo_myths.html

(Screenreader support was added back in 2002.)

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