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

[John Croteau]

Hi Marc,


> 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?

Only sites like Yahoo who personally visit sites will likely reference

you based on what is inside Flash.


 Robots will find nothing that relies on the internals of Flash. If you

have Flash print out thr links and text will find anything. A better

solution is to put text and links to the rest of your site in a

<NOEMBED> container so nobody but a search engine or people with very

old technology will see it. 


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