[SWFObject] (OT?) Deep linking, mod_rewrite, and SEO - together with SWFObject of course!

[Alan Shaw]

Ah, thanks, Geoff.

-A



On 8/1/06, Geoff Stearns <geoff at deconcept.com> wrote:
>
>  you would need to use server side tech to do it, as of right now, search
> engines won't execute javascript, so they would just see your blank page
> before the js writes the html into the page.
>
>
>
>
>  On Aug 1, 2006, at 1:41 AM, Alan Shaw wrote:
>
>   Hi,
> I'm interested in implementing deep linking in a way that will be both
> user- and search-engine-friendly.
> My most promising references appear to be
>
> http://chakramedia.com/deeplink-backbutton/index.html for the Flash
> implementation,
>
>  and
>
>
> http://contentwithstyle.co.uk/Articles/64/clean-urls-for-a-better-search-engine-ranking for
> URL rewriting with useful keywords, allegedly pleasing to Google.
>
> I was also thinking that when the user goes to a particular bookmarkable
> state in the application (either by Flash navigation or by following a deep
> link), I could use JavaScript to replace text in the div under the swf with
> specific search-engine meat corresponding to the current state.  This text
> could come from Flash or from the server db and be set with "nodeValue" in
> JS I guess.
>
> So my questions are:
>
> 1. feasibility (I'm no JavaScript expert)
>
> 2. sneakiness (would Google penalize this technique?)
>
> Apologies if this is too far afield for this group, but I thought it's
> really not a Flashcoders thing, and the JS knowledge might be found here!
>
> Thanks,
>
> -A
>
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