Does google Crawler and read Flash site

Discussion in 'SEO' started by Jackob2916, Dec 9, 2010.

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    I have confusion that whether Google Crawler can crawl flash code and can a flash site be optimized in same manner as without having flash.
     
    Jackob2916, Dec 9, 2010 IP
  2. mariewilliam1

    mariewilliam1 Peon

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    Google has the ability to extract links from Flash files, said Matt Cutts, Software Engineer at Google. "In fact, in our own internal testing, we were able to extract more than 50% more links from Flash files than by using the standard Macromedia developer's kit that some other search engines use.
     
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    maybe this will help you

    http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/06/improved-flash-indexing.html
     
    gadgetguy011, Dec 9, 2010 IP
  4. Jackob2916

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    I have heard that we have to put some type of code before flash code begins. Do any one has that code and can you please guide me for the same??
     
    Jackob2916, Dec 13, 2010 IP
  5. Techking

    Techking Well-Known Member

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    your Seo performance is limited if you use flash site.Google even not able to crawl flash site properly.
     
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  6. HorrorMovies

    HorrorMovies Notable Member

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    Flash is terrible for SEO... If your site is based on SEO and is fully flash you will have huge problems unless you create two identical version of the site one for flash users and one for none flash users (search engines).
     
    HorrorMovies, Dec 14, 2010 IP
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    I have the same problem i am doing seo of flash site. We have include some java code for google search engine. this is my website code "<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <meta name="description" content="We are a client-focused integrated advertising, marketing communication and printing management agency delivering innovative and cost-effective marketing solutions and advice to a diverse range of clients in both private and public sectors.">
    <meta name="keywords" content="360 Creative,creative,website,marketing,branding,advertisment,UAE,US,Marketing Consultants,Advertising Agency">
    <title>Marketing Consultants, Advertising Agency</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="skin.css">
    <script type="text/javascript" src="swfobj.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="fitobj.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    var flashvars = false;
    var params = { allowfullscreen: "true" };
    var attributes = { };
    swfobject.embedSWF("f360n9.swf", "swf_src", "1200", "700", "8.0.0","", flashvars, params, attributes);
    swffit.fit("swf_src",0,0);
    </script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    var _gaq = _gaq || [];
    _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-16985175-1']);
    _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

    (function() {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
    })();
    </script>
    </head>
    <body>
    <div id="swf_src">
    <div id="wrap" align="center">
    <div id="head">
    <div id="logo" align="right" title="360 Creative Inc"></div>
    <a href="http://www.360creativeinc.com/blog" id="blog" title="blog" ></a>
    <a href="http://twitter.com/360CreativeInc" id="twitter" title="Twitter" ></a>
    <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Beverly-Hills-CA/360-Creative-Inc/114802721881567" id="facebook" title="Facebook" ></a>
    <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/companies/892713" id="linkdin" title="Linkdin" ></a>
    <div id="lnks" align="center">
    <a href="http://360creativeinc.com" id="link1" title="Home"></a>
    <a href="/c/?page_id=36" id="link2" title="AboutUs"></a>
    <a href="/c/?page_id=39" id="link3" title="Services"></a>
    <a href="/c/?page_id=43" id="link5" title="Contact"></a>
    </div>
    </div>
    <div id="page">
    <div id="torsoL" title="the art of marketing and the science of creativity ©"></div>
    <div id="torsoR" title="integrated marketing communication"></div>
    </div>"
     
    addyj672, Dec 15, 2010 IP
  8. rusel

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    If your whole site in flash then it is difficult to crawl in search engine...
     
    rusel, Dec 15, 2010 IP
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    can be, it depend upon Google. It is a Google strategy that how will that treat to flash based sites.
     
    soccorss, Dec 15, 2010 IP
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    The scalable solution is to create two identical version of the site one for flash users and one for none flash users (search engines).
     
    Voynex, May 19, 2011 IP
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    no google could not crawl the flash sites
     
    krishanpal, May 19, 2011 IP