[thelist] google and other search engines
David T-G
davidtg-thelist at justpickone.org
Sun May 9 11:22:30 CDT 2004
Kasimir --
...and then Kasimir K said...
%
% David T-G wrote:
% >2) You know, not everyone likes or even *has* flash. All you're doing is
% >excluding possible customers of your customer(s). Don't do that.
%
% I have to disagree a bit.
Please do :-)
%
% It is true that not everyone likes flash - but it is also true that
% there are many, who like it very much, and keep their plug ins up to
% date. If these people are a sites target audience, it would be foolish
% not to use flash on that site.
I didn't say to not use flash at all. While I happen to have an
irrationally strong dislike for it, I recognize its place.
But a flash-only site is next to useless if it must be found (versus,
say, being part of a corporate intranet where the visitors will be led
to it by other means), because the search engines won't be able to point
you there.
%
% Of course the opposite applies too: if a site's target audience has
% considerable amount of those who dislike flash, then flash shouldn't be
% used, or at least alternatives should be provided.
I'm firmly in the 'alternatives' camp. I imagine that there are fairly
few places where it just plain shouldn't be there.
%
% We have to remember that with flash we can do many things that would be
% difficult or impossible otherwise. But as any good tool, flash too is
% not the right choice for every situation.
Yep.
%
% .kasimir
Thanks & HAND
:-D
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