To Flash or not to flash...that shouldn't be a question. I'm not referring to something you'll see a fat hairy guy do at the mall after hours, I'm referring to your website.
Many photographers are drawn to websites built entirely in Flash. Why wouldn't they be? Flash sites are great looking, have cool effects and are generally very easy to self edit. There is one major flaw though, they are NOT search engine friendly. There are things you can do to help, but ultimately, you will never show up on the search engines with a Flash website nearly as well as you will with one built in HTML/CSS. And by the way, an HTML site built right can be just as easy, if not easier, to self edit.
The way I like to explain it is this. Flash is like a rated R movie, but Google is only 12 (literally, look it up on Wiki). If your website is built entirely in flash, search engines can't see your wording, pictures, alt tags, etc. It can't see anything besides titles and meta tags. These are great; but they aren't enough to get you to page 1.
If you have a website built entirely in flash, we can help. Email us your web address and I'll reply with how we can help. And don't worry, we won't ask that you get rid of your flash site. Just check out a couple of our clients (Ashley Munn Photography - Waco, TX or Daisy Mae Photography - Hutchinson, KS) to see what I mean.
-Eric
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