FLASH: Flash Detection/Redirect Movie: Impact on Search Engine Indexing

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

I want to use a Flash3 detect/redirect movie on a homepage (index.htm).

This will be a 2x2 pixel movie with a movieclip that gets (redirects) a

Flashed URL within a matter of seconds, or, obviously, does nothing if the

visitor is not Flash3-enabled.


I am wondering about the impact of this movie on search engines. Once I

submit the site to an engine, and a robot or human comes around to check on it:


1) Will they be able to linger on the page, or will they more likely have

the Flash3 plug-in and be redirected?

2) Will they treat this the same as they treat a meta refresh tag and,

consequently, ignore or refuse to index my site?


Many thanks to anyone who has the answer or can provide a source for the

answer.



Marc Hoffman

marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com (mailto:marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com)

Flash3 Portfolio: <http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/sampler>, featured 

in Flash 3 Web Animation, by Ken Milburn.


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