Verin Posted March 25, 2009 Report Posted March 25, 2009 I've put together a website using flash entirely. I've been researching how to get my site on google and i've been finding that flash sites are much harder to get noticed. does anyone have any solutions to this problem? Quote
LSW Posted March 25, 2009 Report Posted March 25, 2009 Make a HTML version. The problem is Search Engines are machines and Flash is visual. Search engines, Blind users or those with poor site, epileptics and mobile phone users... none of them can use Flash. So your really need a HTML version as well hand have that indexed. Other than that, You have to put the Flash in a HTML page with Meta tags in it. But most indexing of pages is based on Content and header tags in the content... all of which you have burried in a flash movie it can't use. Quote
Verin Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Posted March 25, 2009 So when you say make a HTML version do you mean design an entirely new site separate from the flash site I have now? Quote
LSW Posted March 25, 2009 Report Posted March 25, 2009 Exactly... That is why Flash sucks for web design... double the work. best is to have a HTML site with Flash elements so the content is still accessible. You can use a database and have the HTML & the Flash site draw from it so both sites have the same content. Quote
eric200678 Posted August 4, 2009 Report Posted August 4, 2009 I write flash and still have google seeing it just fine it can see my urls and my text. may i ask how you are saving your files? Quote
PicnicTutorials Posted August 4, 2009 Report Posted August 4, 2009 (edited) You could do as I did with my flash... Home Edited August 4, 2009 by Eric Quote
lm Posted August 5, 2009 Report Posted August 5, 2009 Depends also on how you embed Flash. Using SWFobject embed method allows to have altenative content which is accessible for search engines. Quote
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