Can someone clarifying this for me? I was planning on choosing a Flash CMS site in order to get the best of both worlds. I want a “flashy’ site but I need it to be searchable. I understand that Flash sites don’t rank at all, but I was hoping that a Flash CMS site would still rank somewhat, however. I was told that the answer is yes, it does get ranking, but it does not rank well, and I don't know if this is true or not. If this is true, is it because the Flash portions would get no SEO but the HTML portions would? ……OR is it something inherently missing in the software that will keep it low on the rankings, no matter what the ratio of Flash vs HTML there is on that site? I know it there is the option to have an HTML site with Flash plugins for the intro and or other parts, etc. If I do this, would the Flash portions of the site hurt my rankings much? While I am open to this possibility, I wondered if the third option below might be the best option. Could I solve my problem by having an HTML based landing page that gives access to 2 sites, one HTML and one Flash or Flash CMS? Assuming the home page and HTML portions are optimized properly, is the content that is on the HTML landing page and HTML site going to give me good SEO results, even though one of the options to choose is a Flash site?