[UPHPU] SEO and Flash

[jtaber]

Brandon Stout wrote:
> justin wrote:
>> a couple of thoughts on seo for flash sites:
>>
>> 0. don't use flash. really. don't.
>>
>> 1. if you must use flash, minimize it. for seo purposes, less flash is
>> always better. a few small flash files will often provide just as much
>> magic as one large, full site monstrosity.
>>
>> 2. avoid flash based navigation. flash is fun for embedded media, cool
>> animated images, etc. terrible for navigation.
>>
>> 3. if you absolutely must have flash navigation:
>>     a. make sure every navigation click in a flash page actually loads
>> a new page, not just new flash content.
>>     b. provide an alternate navigation. make sure you can get to every
>> page on the site without using flash. on this particular site, the
>> footer navigation would work.
>>
>> 4. consider using javascript flash detection. one side unfortunate
>> side effect of this is that users with javascript disabled will not be
>> served flash content. but neither will googlebot.
>>
>> 5. if you use javascript flash detection, provide alternate identical
>> content. for every paragraph in the flash file, put one in plain text.
>> hide this content with javascript if you serve them the flash content.
>>
>>
>> in the case of your client, i'd keep the flash slideshow looking thing
>> in the middle of the screen. ditch the flash navigation. you'll
>> prob'ly get more seo mileage out of worrying about everything else you
>> can do for the site. i don't see the current the flash as a major
>> problem with this site. but you might try to talk them out of adding a
>> bunch more...
>>
>>
>> justin
>>   
>
> Thank you for your suggestions Justin.  I have similar thoughts, but 
> the navigation may be a challange.  They want the trapezoid-shaped 
> buttons since it goes along with the IsoTruss frame's look.
>
> I wonder if there's a way to do the color change effects on the top 
> navigation bar's trapezoid-shaped buttons with css?

Try SVG - try Inkscape ?