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

[Geoff Stearns]

just after you sent this there was a post on my blog about the same  
sort of thing, so i put up a little more in-depth info there:

http://blog.deconcept.com/2006/03/13/modern-approach-flash-seo/

the last couple of comments on this page.



On Aug 1, 2006, at 1:52 PM, Alan Shaw wrote:

> Ah, thanks, Geoff.
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> -A
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> 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.
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> On Aug 1, 2006, at 1:41 AM, Alan Shaw wrote:
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> 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,
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>  and
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> 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.
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> So my questions are:
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> 1. feasibility (I'm no JavaScript expert)
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> 2. sneakiness (would Google penalize this technique?)
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> 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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