Will Flash Menu get crawled?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by amaze, Jul 13, 2006.

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    Hi,

    We have a flash menu on our homepage (see www*myprotein.co.uk). The flash menu links to various sections. Will Google or other spiders crawl to these links or should I place textual links on the page as well?
     
    amaze, Jul 13, 2006 IP
  2. dct

    dct Finder of cool gadgets

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    Spiders don't understand Flash so you'll need normal links as well. This will also benefit some visitors as not everybody or browser has Flash.
     
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    doga Well-Known Member

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    Well according to me No. put normal links that would be better SEO point of view
     
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    amaze Active Member

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    Cheers I will add some textual links as well... thanks!
     
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    rubeina Invisible Staff Affiliate Manager

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    Yes it's better to put normal links as well since search engines doesn't read flash.
     
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    you will have to put an aditional html menu
     
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    isulongseoph Peon

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    SWF files aren't spider friendly. bottomline is, they're not crawable.
     
    isulongseoph, Jul 14, 2006 IP