Posted by Onideus Mad Hatter on 10/17/33 11:24

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:31:16 +1000, Vampi Fangs <vampi@nwglfo.org>
wrote:

>>Actually I'm seriously considering doing the whole thing in Flash. I
>>keep trying to think of reasons not to, but every time I start
>>exploring them I just keep running back to where I started.

>well,

That's a deep subject...

>well,

A wet one too...

>well

Especially if you have a shallow mind...

>>Flash Downsides
>>==========
>>Some people may not have Flash downloaded...but then if they don't
>>it's set to redirect them to the Flash download page...
>>
>>Some people may have disabled Flash...but the number of people who
>>have Flash disabled (probably around .001%) is even less than the
>>number of people who have JavaScript disabled (probably around .01%).
>>
>>People using text only browsers won't be able to see the content...but
>>then they couldn't see it anyway because I use all pictures and I
>>don't really care about people who pretend to be blind. I mean, BW is
>>a production company, blind people aren't exactly our target
>>audience...hence the reason why movie trailer sites are more often
>>than not all Flash based.
>>
>>Search engines supposedly won't pick them up...but then that's
>>bullshit. Check this out:
>>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Hatter+blog

>these search results are the ones you should care about as far as your
>'business' goes
>
>http://www.google.com.au/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&hl=en&q=web+design+walla+walla&meta=&btnG=Google+Search
>http://www.google.com.au/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&hl=en&q=web+development+walla+walla&meta=&btnG=Google+Search

....not really. Why would I want to limit myself to Walla Walla? I
can get web design jobs in Walla Walla via much easier means than
trying to rely on Google.

And really, the bottom line is that Google just isn't a viable tool to
try and use for advertising in the first place. Anyone whose pushing
such an endeavor obviously doesn't know the first thing about running
a business.

>>o_O
>>
>>Searching for Hatter and blog puts mine right up at number one and ALL
>>the content is graphic. This is because search engines don't
>>generally care about the actual content on your site so much as how
>>many people are linking to you. If you click on the "cached" option
>>in Google you can see this:
>>"These terms only appear in links pointing to this page: hatter blog"

>you might like to read google's tips for web masters
>
>http://www.google.com.au/webmasters/guidelines.html


....nothing on there worth mentioning. What particular part of that
link did you think was relevant and why?

>>So really, if your sites are bad ass enough, you don't need to do
>>anything to get them "search engine optimized" or what the fuck ever
>>scams faux web designers (like a lot of the ones around here) fall
>>into.

>>I figure, if no one in these froups can formulate a halfway coherent
>>reason that I can't counter for not using Flash...I'm just gonna go
>>ahead and do the whole thing like that.

It's too bad you couldn't formulate a counter argument against the use
of Flash...oh well, it's not like you're a web designer Vamps.

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Onideus Mad Hatter
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http://www.backwater-productions.net

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