SEO your Flash Content

[Xavier_3D]

Flash has already been defamed by Programmers and SEO Experts for not being SEO friendly. But these Simple Tricks as Explained by Jonathan Hochman in his article would give you a clear concept on what to keep in mind while working with Flash so that the SEO Spiders are able to crawl your site well.

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According to him

Flash animation is a great way to present complex content because it allows the designer to put more content in a finite space, without wrecking page design. For technology sites, Flash is an ideal way to present a slide show or movie explaining a complex product. At the other end of the spectrum, art and entertainment sites have a real need for multimedia, and Flash is the perfect solution.

When using Flash, we'd like to satisfy each of these objectives:

Clean design
Search Engine Optimization
Accessibility for a wide variety of browsers, including screen readers and mobile phones
Code validation and standards compliance
Correct functionality with IE

[Armaan143]

Flash site takes more time to open when you have a bad dial-up connection.

[Xavier_3D]

That is true Armaan, that is why you need to Optimise the Flash Content a little, and make small animations, esp. for a High Traffic or Business Site, as Users would be discouraged otherwise, but the rich content it delivers has no match to any other programming language.

[sryk]

It's not SEs friendly. Don't use it on your home page.