Comments on: SEO and Flash http://www.jonbishop.com/2008/02/seo-and-flash/ Social Media, WordPress and Web Development Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:10:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: How Blogging Changed My Life http://www.jonbishop.com/2008/02/seo-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-10629 How Blogging Changed My Life Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:27:31 +0000 http://jon.bishport.com/?p=13#comment-10629 [...] putting flash down every chance they got. I decided to write a couple of blog posts addressing the Flash/SEO problems so many people thought they were having. That post is my second most popular post to [...] [...] putting flash down every chance they got. I decided to write a couple of blog posts addressing the Flash/SEO problems so many people thought they were having. That post is my second most popular post to [...]

]]> By: Flash and SEO in 2009 | Magicomm Blog http://www.jonbishop.com/2008/02/seo-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-7239 Flash and SEO in 2009 | Magicomm Blog Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:59:22 +0000 http://jon.bishport.com/?p=13#comment-7239 [...] of all, I still stand by my original thoughts about Flash and SEO, however, Google has recently made some interesting improvements. One problem flash developers were [...] [...] of all, I still stand by my original thoughts about Flash and SEO, however, Google has recently made some interesting improvements. One problem flash developers were [...]

]]> By: Jon Bishop http://www.jonbishop.com/2008/02/seo-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-2256 Jon Bishop Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:20:40 +0000 http://jon.bishport.com/?p=13#comment-2256 @Webead: I don't think that annoying flash sites will be around as long as their are annoying web sites and annoying developers to create them @Webead: I don’t think that annoying flash sites will be around as long as their are annoying web sites and annoying developers to create them

]]> By: Webhead http://www.jonbishop.com/2008/02/seo-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-1679 Webhead Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:14:22 +0000 http://jon.bishport.com/?p=13#comment-1679 I kinda liked the fact that flash was unreadable by search engines. This made the full annoying flash sites a thing of the past. Flash can be beneficial if use properly and sparingly. I kinda liked the fact that flash was unreadable by search engines. This made the full annoying flash sites a thing of the past. Flash can be beneficial if use properly and sparingly.

]]> By: | Blog by Jon Bishop http://www.jonbishop.com/2008/02/seo-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-1587 | Blog by Jon Bishop Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:35:11 +0000 http://jon.bishport.com/?p=13#comment-1587 [...] Posts SEO and FlashBlogger vs. WordPressPlurk vs TwitterFlash Twitter [...] [...] Posts SEO and FlashBlogger vs. WordPressPlurk vs TwitterFlash Twitter [...]

]]> By: Adam http://www.jonbishop.com/2008/02/seo-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-1417 Adam Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:55:05 +0000 http://jon.bishport.com/?p=13#comment-1417 This is a great post, I know there was a lot of debate around it back in June when Google came out with an update regarding this issue which is always a relevant one. This is a great post, I know there was a lot of debate around it back in June when Google came out with an update regarding this issue which is always a relevant one.

]]> By: Joel McLaughlin http://www.jonbishop.com/2008/02/seo-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-1167 Joel McLaughlin Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:11:53 +0000 http://jon.bishport.com/?p=13#comment-1167 Super interesting stuff. I get regular inquiries on how to properly integrate flash and normally I tell people to shy away from it. However this information will help for people that already have a flash site. Super interesting stuff. I get regular inquiries on how to properly integrate flash and normally I tell people to shy away from it. However this information will help for people that already have a flash site.

]]> By: Jon Bishop http://www.jonbishop.com/2008/02/seo-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Jon Bishop Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:01:22 +0000 http://jon.bishport.com/?p=13#comment-44 Thank Elliot, So until that time the option above is your best option. The alternate content within the DIV tag, properly laid out in HTML, is necessary to build an accessible site. Thanks for your thoughts. Thank Elliot,
So until that time the option above is your best option. The alternate content within the DIV tag, properly laid out in HTML, is necessary to build an accessible site. Thanks for your thoughts.

]]> By: Eliot Harper http://www.jonbishop.com/2008/02/seo-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Eliot Harper Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:14:57 +0000 http://jon.bishport.com/?p=13#comment-42 Hi Jon, Yes, Google has been able to crawl .SWF files along with other file types for quite some time now. See the complete list of supported file types at http://www.google.com/help/faq_filetypes.html. You can review supported Flash objects by Google and other search engines on Tim Nash's blog at http://www.timnash.co.uk/02/2008/swf-seo (in the table on that page). While some search engines can crawl Flash content, Flash does not provide the same level of structured content as HTML. In HTML, search engines rely on tags to identify structured content (h1, h2, alt,etc.). However, search engines today evaluate all content within a Flash file with equal weight and are unable to distinguish headings apart from other content, so you can't create structured content in SWF like you can do in HTML. Yet! Eliot VDP blog: www.veedeepee.com Hi Jon, Yes, Google has been able to crawl .SWF files along with other file types for quite some time now. See the complete list of supported file types at http://www.google.com/help/faq_filetypes.html. You can review supported Flash objects by Google and other search engines on Tim Nash’s blog at http://www.timnash.co.uk/02/2008/swf-seo (in the table on that page).

While some search engines can crawl Flash content, Flash does not provide the same level of structured content as HTML. In HTML, search engines rely on tags to identify structured content (h1, h2, alt,etc.). However, search engines today evaluate all content within a Flash file with equal weight and are unable to distinguish headings apart from other content, so you can’t create structured content in SWF like you can do in HTML. Yet!

Eliot
VDP blog: http://www.veedeepee.com

]]> By: Jon Bishop http://www.jonbishop.com/2008/02/seo-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Jon Bishop Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:53:00 +0000 http://jon.bishport.com/?p=13#comment-9 Google will index your XML file however it's not clear if Google would point someone to a Flash file rather than the XML file thats loaded into it. I would recommend adding the XML content within the div tags as HTML. Google will index your XML file however it’s not clear if Google would point someone to a Flash file rather than the XML file thats loaded into it. I would recommend adding the XML content within the div tags as HTML.

]]> By: douger93 http://www.jonbishop.com/2008/02/seo-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-6 douger93 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:42:00 +0000 http://jon.bishport.com/?p=13#comment-6 Is there any problem with this method for SEO when your Flash site has dynamic xml content?<br/><br/>Or can you simply add the content from the xml inside the div tags? Is there any problem with this method for SEO when your Flash site has dynamic xml content?

Or can you simply add the content from the xml inside the div tags?

]]> By: Andy http://www.jonbishop.com/2008/02/seo-and-flash/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Andy Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:07:00 +0000 http://jon.bishport.com/?p=13#comment-3 Great tutorial. This will be really useful for anyone who didn't know about it. Great tutorial. This will be really useful for anyone who didn’t know about it.

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