IMHO, RIAs are good for interactive application functionality, but should not be used where SEO is important. Maybe you could put the key elements of your content into meta tags.
Another possibility is that you could examine the http_user_agent and include the text-only homepage when you see the googlebot or other search engine bot, but include the Flash homepage when you see MSIE, Firefox, NS, Opera, etc. > We have been doing a lot of flash sites with very minimal HTML content. > One of the things we have done is create a text only website so that > we can have our sites indexed by search engines. The only issue with > doing this is that the search engine indexes the text only site > instead of my actual site. I have been toying with the idea of hiding > the content inside my page where my flash is so that when a search > engine spiders my site I have the plain text version of that site > indexed, but when they click on it they are able to go to the site > with the flash on it. Has anyone done anything like this or though > about doing something like this? > > > Bob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:208263 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
