Re: FLASH: Re: Cancer

[Brian]

> Brian Matthews< (me) > wrote :

>

> >You don't have to "search Flash".

> >Excuse me, but doesn't this person know that you still have to use >HTML

> >code to tell the browsers what to do with the .SWF file (I do on >my

> >site...)? Hasn't he/she heard of METATAGS and KEYWORDS that can be

> > >inserted into the HTML code to your heart's content to help search

> > >engines? Can't the creator of a particular site determine a list of

> > >keywords that likely reflect the NECESSARY items of interest on their

> > >site?

>

> >- -Brian Matthews

>

> This wasn't the point.  It is fairly easy to get search engines to at

least

> recognize that flash pages exist and contain content including the

metatags

> you mention.  The point was that if you design a site as one great flsh

> movie (or even a series of movies) then you can't make a search engine

that

> allows your visitors to search the contents of YOUR FLASH SITE.


I would create a glossary of items having to do with my site content and use

them as keywords... isn't this what the search engines go looking for in the

first place?


> Don't get me wrong, Flash is fantastic.  I design with it.  However, this

> really is a major drawback of designing a site completely within Flash.

The

> bottom line is that visitors want information when they surf the web.

Flash

> is a great tool for experimenting with new user interfaces and design

> metaphors, but it does lack some basic features (like full text search.


Not according to some gal who posted here earlier today...


-Brian Matthews




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