https://www.webmaster-forums.net/crss/node/1020726 en https://www.webmaster-forums.net/html-css-and-javascript/can-flash-sites-be-seen-search-engines#comment-1127168 <p>In the way that plain HTML sites are? No. But you can provide information for search engines with liberal use of comments, I believe. </p> <p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=flash+accessibility" class="bb-url">http://www.google.com/search?q=flash+accessibility</a></p> <p>There listed are two Macromedia sites on accessibility, and articles from UseIT guru Jakob Nielsen, article from ALA, et cetera.</p> <p>I googled accessibility because when a site is accessible, it's very search engine friendly. Text equivalents figure prominently.</p> <p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=search+engines+flash" class="bb-url">http://www.google.com/search?q=search+engines+flash</a></p> <p>This led me to:<br /> <a href="http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/03/sd0211-ses-flash.html" class="bb-url">http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/03/sd0211-ses-flash.html</a> an article on optimizing Flash for search engines. And also this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.newark1.com/form/000059.html" class="bb-url">http://www.newark1.com/form/000059.html</a></p> <p>Which seems to back up my assertion that accessible means search engine friendly, and that it's the text, baby, the raw, readable text, that makes the case.</p> Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:50:44 +0000 Suzanne comment 1127168 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net