contributor: Naseer Mughal

I would show people websites like www.GaboCorp.com and www.Eye4U.com any chance I got – and they blew people away.  They’re still pretty impressive.  My own stuff?  Well, let’s just say I soon realized that my strengths lie in other areas.

When it’s done well Flash can be jaw-dropping (check out this Flash interface created by Gabo Mendoza of GaboCorp.com).  It also powers many of the sites we use every day (YouTube.com, Hulu.com, Mint.com, etc).  Without Flash the web wouldn’t be nearly as great as it is.

But Flash can create some real problems for your website’s search engine visibility.  If you’re considering having your business website built in Flash there are a few things you need to know.

While Google announced last year that they were teaching Googlebot to index Flash the main problems still exist.  I found it rather irresponsible of Google to tout their own Flash indexing abilities this way – it sends the wrong message, because the truth is that most Flash websites are still not SEO-friendly (or user friendly, but that’s another issue).

Good Flash developers know how to make a Flash website SEO-friendly.  The problem, however, is that the people who hire developers don’t – and they’re probably not expecting the budget increase an SEO-friendly Flash site can create.

For more details please visit: http://unstuckdigital.com/flash-seo/
Author: Mike Tekula