Comments on: Don’t Build Your Web Site In Flash

By: Jafar

Jafar — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:42:55 +0000

I use XML to write my content and then use flash to display it on desktops, and for mobile devices I use HTML. Mobile devices require a different approach to navigation because u can only use ur fingers.

People not using XML will be the ones at a loss because limiting ur creativity to either flash or HTML will not give users the best experience. You need XML to bridge the content across different devices so your designs will not be limited by technologies. Peace.

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:24:21 +0000

I have to say, I completely agree. I encourage folks to avoid flashy sites. Super flashy, high graphics sites might attract a visitor but it’s the quality content and information that keeps them, and the reality still is that they don’t rank well.

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:38:24 +0000

Dont really understand,why an SEO consultant write stuff as this… Flash is a great tool to create amazing websites, that looks & feel different than what we have today, you can easily, optimize the site for search engines,using SIFR or other methods….
there is lots of knowledge on Flash & SEO … all here in the web. if anyone want his site to be different, Flash is a great way, else try Html 5 …

By: site builder

site builder — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:16:27 +0000

i don’t agree
maybe today search engines are having some problems with flash sites
but they already have the technology to scan even flash sites
and when they do the flash sites owner will won the 2 worlds

By: Mr-Yellow

Mr-Yellow — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:06:45 +0000

heh most of you fail to appreciate that flash is run through different filters and flash can help your rankings.

By: Virginia Nussey

Virginia Nussey — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:36:41 +0000

@Sean Parnell, thanks for your comment. As you mentioned, iframes/framesets or Flash can limit the ability to SEO your site to its fullest potential. The tight rope an Internet marketer has to walk with regards to Flash is balancing SEO requirements against user experience. You may decide that the MP3 is critical to the user’s experience on your site. In that case you would want to set up Flash in a way that search engines can “see” the content as much as possible. There are ways to set up deep linking into Flash apps and ways to try to get the search engines to follow links and index some of the content. A Flash application wouldn’t be as SEO friendly as a straight HTML site, but it might be appropriate depending on the site and the competition.

By: Sean Parnell

Sean Parnell — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:42:09 +0000

I agree that it is still wise to avoid completely Flash-driven sites, particularly as they currently will not load on an iPhone without a cumbersome workaround that most people have never heard of…

Anyway, this leads me to a question: if we’re using good ol’ HTML for our web design, how can we implement a continuously playing (and looping) mp3 player so that music plays continuously (without hiccups or restarting the song) as the user navigates through the site? It seems using some form of website frames (taboo!) is the only way to do so, but doesn’t that hurt your SEO results because search engines can get confused as to which frame the website’s content is located in? Please let me know if there is an HTML non-frame solution or an HTML SEO-friendly frame solution for continuously playing MP3s on a website. Many thanks in advance!

By: Seo Service

Seo Service — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:38:18 +0000

yes… in the point of seo view, flash content is fundamentally different from HTML on webpage URLs, and being able to parse links in the Flash code and text snippets does not make Flash search-engine friendly.

By: Richard Vanderhurst

Richard Vanderhurst — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:15:33 +0000

Flash sites looks good but when it comes to ranking, it’s very poor.

By: ADT Home Security

ADT Home Security — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:37:51 +0000

You can build a page in Flash and still put SEO in it.
We use the coffeecup flash software and they have a feature to put ALT text for your flash. We have had several sites built in flash that do well in the serps.