I keep hearing this from fellow SEOers and even after I show them proof that it can be done, they don’t believe me. Anyone who has heard of the swfobject (previously known as FlashObject before Adobe Object-ed the use of Flash in the name) knows that it is a fairly effective workaround to any barriers that Flash sites may offer. The problem is that quite often, it’s about as much work as creating the website in the first place and may cost you as much…this is the main reason why we don’t recommend development using Flash, particularly if you need to rank on search engines. Of course, there are many reason why you really don’t need to so for those folks go right ahead and razzle dazzle us. Mostly though, there is no real need so give it some thought before you consider it.
Paul is co-founder and VP of Interactive Services for Dinkum Interactive. A trained teacher, Paul Fleming has worked in a variety of forms of Internet Marketing but with a focus on SEO. Originally from Australia, he now resides in Philadelphia with his wife and 2 ankle-biters.
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May 22, 2012. Posted under: Blog, SEO.
Last year, it was Panda. Now, it’s Penguin. Both are cute black and white animals, but also the names of Google’s changes to its algorithm that determine search results. It’s part of an effort to remove spammy websites and systems set up to game them, and fighting techniques well-known to the SEO community as gray/black hat activities (against Google’s guidelines).
