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In the Beginning
There was a time when everyone was taken in by flash sites. It moved, it shined and it sparkled and it seemed more interactive. People were raving about how cool it was! But the drawbacks seemed to out weight the perks. Major search engines couldn't pick up the coding, leaving you with very poor SE ranking results. Since flash embeds, Google couldn't comprehend any of the fancy flashing letters. Also, it is somewhat inaccessible and requires a decent connection to load in a timely manner. Everyone that surfs on 56k (believe me there still are people), are probably closing your site... that is, if they manage to find it.
Present Days
Flash is still used today but mainly to advertise a product, flash games, movies or to add little flare to a website (logos, buttons etc.). Flash sites have sharply declined in demand and people are looking for more Web 2.0 css, html coded sites. Google and Yahoo have made an effort to include flash in their SE rankings by claiming they can now read smaller flash files. Unfortunately, this usually only includes the .txt or image files that are incorporated with the SWF file.
Into the Future
Google and Yahoo promise that they are working on ways to enhance the appeal of building flash sites in relation to SE rankings but it has been a very difficult problem to tackle. The search engines usually read either the image or the text in the SWF but this doesn't mean it will rank any higher than the same page in html. Of course, there is a lot more effort that goes into a flash design. Does the customer truly want to shell out much more dough for a prettier, more interactive site?
I, myself, have been learning flash to help enhance a website as more and more clients are requesting a little flare on their site. Introductions and spicing up a logo are the biggest requests. I believe that as a web designer, flash can add to your tool box of skills. But as far clients demanding a full site done in flash, the requests are few and far apart. Who knows maybe the future will bring change.
Should we be preparing for it now?
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Thank you for reading this was my first entry. Please visit www.rlkdesigns.com for any design needs.
There was a time when everyone was taken in by flash sites. It moved, it shined and it sparkled and it seemed more interactive. People were raving about how cool it was! But the drawbacks seemed to out weight the perks. Major search engines couldn't pick up the coding, leaving you with very poor SE ranking results. Since flash embeds, Google couldn't comprehend any of the fancy flashing letters. Also, it is somewhat inaccessible and requires a decent connection to load in a timely manner. Everyone that surfs on 56k (believe me there still are people), are probably closing your site... that is, if they manage to find it.
Present Days
Flash is still used today but mainly to advertise a product, flash games, movies or to add little flare to a website (logos, buttons etc.). Flash sites have sharply declined in demand and people are looking for more Web 2.0 css, html coded sites. Google and Yahoo have made an effort to include flash in their SE rankings by claiming they can now read smaller flash files. Unfortunately, this usually only includes the .txt or image files that are incorporated with the SWF file.
Into the Future
Google and Yahoo promise that they are working on ways to enhance the appeal of building flash sites in relation to SE rankings but it has been a very difficult problem to tackle. The search engines usually read either the image or the text in the SWF but this doesn't mean it will rank any higher than the same page in html. Of course, there is a lot more effort that goes into a flash design. Does the customer truly want to shell out much more dough for a prettier, more interactive site?
I, myself, have been learning flash to help enhance a website as more and more clients are requesting a little flare on their site. Introductions and spicing up a logo are the biggest requests. I believe that as a web designer, flash can add to your tool box of skills. But as far clients demanding a full site done in flash, the requests are few and far apart. Who knows maybe the future will bring change.
Should we be preparing for it now?
__________________________________
Thank you for reading this was my first entry. Please visit www.rlkdesigns.com for any design needs.
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I have read you passage, now the following web sites are also nice: www.bargain-batteries.com and www.any-e-accessories.com
I hope we can contact with each other.
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