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Flash & SEO

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  • 14-08-2009 7:55pm
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    grizzly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,789 ✭✭✭


    Is it the true the flash sites should be avoided because they lack searchability by search engines? I was told that doing a site in CSS was preferable to flash due to this reason.


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    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    Yes.


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    louie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,200 ✭✭✭louie


    Yes, but you can always offer a HTML alternative.


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    jasgrif11
    Registered Users Posts: 430 ✭✭jasgrif11


    How do you redirect a user to a html based site if they dont have flash enabled?

    Thanks


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    louie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,200 ✭✭✭louie


    You create a normal html link somewhere at the top or footer of the page.


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    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    louie wrote: »
    Yes, but you can always offer a HTML alternative.

    What's the point in doing it twice, particularly when - if the site operates properly - someone searching in Google will be directed to the page that they want, never even seeing the Flash option. :rolleyes:

    Flash is great for multimedia applications, games, etc, but it's ridiculous to use it for a website.


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    tomED
    Registered Users Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭tomED


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    Flash is great for multimedia applications, games, etc, but it's ridiculous to use it for a website.

    +1


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    StuartC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 48 ✭StuartC


    Ive been on the wrong end of this in a big way a few years ago. my advice if you are looking to rank anywhere on google is DO NOT create your site in flash.


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