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Re: Remember All Those SEO Tips You Read? They Are Wrong

Seo Firm — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:09:52 -0000

i haven't heard any solid confirmation......

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Flash Scope — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:26:28 -0000

well actually there should be additional feature to be implemented named an alternative content in HTML. Our flash component developers have developed a way to do that so Google can index your website properly.

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seo_guy — Sun, 10 May 2009 03:49:16 -0000

I never liked flash sites anyways. The traditional way feel alot better, less bugger, faster load times, and I think looks better. Flash is too flashy I say. Some of the best sites don't even have images!

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xersmith — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:35:14 -0000

Nice article, but having a flash in your site is still a big question. Rank wise? I This text based application is the priority. That's my opinion and what i have noticed.

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Fireant — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:10:00 -0000

This is bad news

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Rich World Ingatlan — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:04:37 -0000

Hmm it might be a big challange against Microsoft because this is the first result of the Google-Yahoo agreement. And what about Silverlight contents?

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David — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:06:43 -0000

instead to solve the cases of flash, google should to solve before the cases with JAVASCRIPT and AJAX, flash is shit. I agree with Matt:

a) The fact that Flash breaks in-browser searching (ctrl-F)
b) The inability to resize text for the visually impaired
c) Screenreader issues
d) Issues on mobile devices
e) Copy/paste

Re: Remember All Those SEO Tips You Read? They Are Wrong

live & share — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:35:08 -0000

flash is just what the name signifies. its only a flash. i think html will still rule.

Re: Remember All Those SEO Tips You Read? They Are Wrong

andrew — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:23:17 -0000

i completely believe now search engine will crawl flash sites also but i don't thin so they will get higher placement in rankings
Higher placements depends upon links and keywords
and many other factors
http://www.paydaycashloansi...

Re: Remember All Those SEO Tips You Read? They Are Wrong

Don Mak — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:25:24 -0000

Bravo. Pure linkbait. I loved it. All bulsh*t, but definitely a model of great linkbait.

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ifoyer.com — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:29:56 -0000

Hopefully this doesn't mean that it will now take even longer to recache websites with the inclusion of the crawling/ranking requirements of this additional format... Or, no shirt, no shoes, no flash, no ranking? ;)

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Facey Spacey Technologies — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:58:52 -0000

I think it's an absolutely fabulous thing!!!!!!! The real question is how do smaller companies get access to the API that let's you see into flash files and analyze their content????

James
from
FaceySpacey.com - "The Startup Incubator"

Re: Remember All Those SEO Tips You Read? They Are Wrong

Paul Baranda — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:20:00 -0000

I agree with Danny Sullivan, text is still important because you can input a paragraph or two of quality, relevant content which the page will be ranked for; while with Flash, you can only put so much textual information which won't help the page rank higher than a page with solid text content. Flash sites may start to get indexed or rank better but not against text-filled sites.

I've heard this news before, but haven't heard any solid confirmation or timeline.

Re: Remember All Those SEO Tips You Read? They Are Wrong

ontokyotime — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:31:31 -0000

How does this address the issues with deep linking in flash?

"This Flash file contains the word(s) you've searched for. Good luck finding it!"

Maybe they can enhance it by adding hints? "Your keyword appears about 2:13 minutes into the animation. Keep your eyes open."

PDF files have a similar issue. They've been indexed for a while now and are included in search results. The link points to the file not the matching page though. At least Acrobat provides a search within file once it's open.

Re: Remember All Those SEO Tips You Read? They Are Wrong

Danny Sullivan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:07:23 -0000

"This change, however, alters one of the fundamental SEO rules - the one that says that text is king."

Doesn't change that at all. It's the textual information in Flash files that will be read. Don't got text; don't have anything to rank for.

Re: Remember All Those SEO Tips You Read? They Are Wrong

William — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:49:40 -0000

Obviously, you don't know jack. You can do things in Flash/Flex 10 times faster than in AJAX

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Fred Hopkins — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:36:51 -0000

There is an even larger question. Does using flash increase the profitability of your site? If it doesn't, who cares if it will get indexed?

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houseofdixon — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:49:05 -0000

I suppose there are many reasons that this could be a bad development in SEO methodology, but it seems to me that this falls under the "it's about time" category. I've never like full Flash sites because they get too bulky, but there are some very useful tools that will certainly benefit by having this indexing capability.

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Andrew — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:23:39 -0000

This is bad news. It takes away one of the disincentives to using Flash. There's too much Flash on the web already.

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Matt — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:42:34 -0000

OK, this somewhat helps with ONE of the myriad reasons not to use Flash for important content. Now they've just got to address things like:

a) The fact that Flash breaks in-browser searching (ctrl-F)
b) The inability to resize text for the visually impaired
c) Screenreader issues
d) Issues on mobile devices
e) Copy/paste

So, yeah... I can't say this changes anything about how I'll treat Flash in my websites. Still just there to spruce up eye-candy elements, if I use it at all.

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HelenKovalyova — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:35:50 -0000

Let's see what will it be and how it will work.
I still believe in "text" :)

Re: Remember All Those SEO Tips You Read? They Are Wrong

Anrkist — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:20:41 -0000

I fail to see where he mentions anything being ranked higher...

Good news though, it's been a long time coming.

Now we just need to fill our banner ads with hundreds of keywords and we are set!

Re: Remember All Those SEO Tips You Read? They Are Wrong

Patrick Altoft — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:02:46 -0000

Stan your post is ridiculous, just because search engines can now index flash files doesn't mean they will rank them highly.

Being indexed and being ranked highly are two very different things.