[SWFObject] Search Engine | Need Some Help Please

Thu Nov 23 01:13:50 PST 2006

Hi,

The Meta-tags are already in the right place, within the <head>, and
shouldn't be repeated. Instead, you should put something like:

<div id="flashcontent">
<h1>Sussex Taps</h1>
<p>Here be text describing Sussex Taps in general etc etc that the
search engines and people who don't have flash will see.</p>
<p>You might want to download flash to see the whole page yada yada</p>
</div>

Also, you might wanna check out SWFAdress that Geoff wrote about on
his blog some time ago:
http://blog.deconcept.com/2006/10/25/swfaddress/

I haven't tried SWFAdress myself, but on the page there are examples
on how to make a flash page a little more search engine-friendly by
providing deeplinks with alternate content for each part of a flash.

regards
Jakob

On 11/23/06, Will Smith <internet.x at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello and thanks for reply everyone.
>
> Chris, when you say :-
>
> I >I think you need to add the text that you want to be picked up by the
> >search engine in between here:
> >
> ><div id="flashcontent">
>
> well I just placed the metatage info inside the div, is that what you mean?
> can you please check it again and let me know,  please forgive me  I am just
> not familiar with this at all.
>
> it would be unfourtunate if I have to make the front page a static HTML page
> so the search engine can pick it up.
>
> there has to be some kind of a solution, so that I can get Google to pick up
> the site with the correct url. I mean check out www.moock.org, it has the
> first page as flash and if you Google moock its number one!!
>
> how does it work for this site? it doesn't even use swfobject!
>
> also John mentioned that Google has the old site cached, how do I get it to
> pick up the new site ! if it can? do I need to do anything, or does the web
> hosting company need to do anything!
>
> thank you all for your help and patience.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Will
>
> >From: "Chris Colman" <chrisc at stepaheadsoftware.com>
> >Reply-To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
> >To: <swfobject at lists.deconcept.com>
> >Subject: Re: [SWFObject] Search Engine | Need Some Help Please
> >Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 17:18:35 +1100
> >
> > > if indeed swfobjec is search engine friendly then I don't see why it
> > > shouldn't work, can someone please take a look at index.html page for
> > > www.sussextaps.com.au and let me know if I am doing anything
> >incorrect.
> >
> >I think you need to add the text that you want to be picked up by the
> >search engine in between here:
> >
> ><div id="flashcontent">
> >
> >       Search engine will index text it finds in here because it
> >doesn't know that the content in this div will be replaced by the Flash
> >movie so it just happily indexes it. You shouldn't need to do all the
> >hocus pocus with XML files and meta whatevers inside the Flash movie
> >itself.
> >
> >       Our AnFX Flash movie tool outputs a http link in this section
> >for every URL link that you have added to your movie so that the search
> >engines can navigate along the links that are in the movie.
> >
> >
> >       Other stuff goes here to tell people to click to download the
> >Flash player if it is not already installed.
> >
> ></div>
> >
> >Regards,
> >Chris Colman
> >Step Ahead Software
> >Makers of AnFX and AmiChart Flash Tools
> >http://stepaheadsoftware.com
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Urgent help is required. Thanking you in advance,
> > >
> > > Kind Regards,
> > >
> > > Will
> > >
> > > _________________________________________________________________
> > > Stay up-to-date with your friends through the Windows Live Spaces
> >friends
> > > list.
> > >
> >http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http:/
> >/s
> > > paces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mk
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > SWFObject mailing list
> > > SWFObject at lists.deconcept.com
> > > http://lists.deconcept.com/listinfo.cgi/swfobject-deconcept.com
> >_______________________________________________
> >SWFObject mailing list
> >SWFObject at lists.deconcept.com
> >http://lists.deconcept.com/listinfo.cgi/swfobject-deconcept.com
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Get the latest Windows Live Messenger 8.1 Beta version.Join now.
> http://ideas.live.com
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> SWFObject mailing list
> SWFObject at lists.deconcept.com
> http://lists.deconcept.com/listinfo.cgi/swfobject-deconcept.com
>
>
>