Search Engines and Flash Links

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Thomas A. Rowe

Quick question...

If you put your mouse over a link and you can NOT see the URL in the browser's status bar, is that a
good indication that search engines will not be able to follow the link?

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Jon Spivey

In theory no - I've read in a few places that Google can index Flash
content. It's anyone bet whether a flash link would count as well as an HTML
link though - I've no use for Flash so couldn't offer a "real world"
opinion.
 
S

Stefan B Rusynko

See http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_16603

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| Quick question...
|
| If you put your mouse over a link and you can NOT see the URL in the browser's status bar, is that a
| good indication that search engines will not be able to follow the link?
|
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| ==============================================
| Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
|
| FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| ==============================================
| To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
| http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
|
|
|
 
M

Murray

Yep. Seems to be true that Google can parse Flash links.

As far as I know, no SE spider can parse javascript links, though. So, a
link that is dynamically written, e.g.,

<script>document.write("<a href=" + "'" + somejsvar + '"' + ">"

(i.e., just about every 'menu system' out there, like OpenCube, Xara,
Coalesys, HierMenus, AllTheWeb, etc.) will be opaque to spiders.
 
S

Stefan B Rusynko

Agree
- that's why there should always be at least a bare bones text nav (say at bottom of page) w/ a link to say a sitemap page when ever
you use DHTML
- and a no frames page w/ same for a framed site

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| Yep. Seems to be true that Google can parse Flash links.
|
| As far as I know, no SE spider can parse javascript links, though. So, a
| link that is dynamically written, e.g.,
|
| <script>document.write("<a href=" + "'" + somejsvar + '"' + ">"
|
| (i.e., just about every 'menu system' out there, like OpenCube, Xara,
| Coalesys, HierMenus, AllTheWeb, etc.) will be opaque to spiders.
|
| --
| Murray
| ============
|
| | > See http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_16603
| >
| > --
| >
| > _____________________________________________
| > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > _____________________________________________
| >
| >
| > | > | Quick question...
| > |
| > | If you put your mouse over a link and you can NOT see the URL in the
| > browser's status bar, is that a
| > | good indication that search engines will not be able to follow the link?
| > |
| > | --
| > | ==============================================
| > | Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > | WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
| > |
| > | FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| > | ==============================================
| > | To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
| > | http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > |
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

In this case there are plain text links at the bottom of the page (FP Navigation)

The links in the Flash navigation are pulled from two separate files:

The first provides the text name of the link and is specified in a .txt file as:

&menu1=Services

and then in the second .js file, the link is specified as:

case 1:window.location="services.asp" ;break;

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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
==============================================


Stefan B Rusynko said:
Agree
- that's why there should always be at least a bare bones text nav (say at bottom of page) w/ a
link to say a sitemap page when ever
you use DHTML
- and a no frames page w/ same for a framed site

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| Yep. Seems to be true that Google can parse Flash links.
|
| As far as I know, no SE spider can parse javascript links, though. So, a
| link that is dynamically written, e.g.,
|
| <script>document.write("<a href=" + "'" + somejsvar + '"' + ">"
|
| (i.e., just about every 'menu system' out there, like OpenCube, Xara,
| Coalesys, HierMenus, AllTheWeb, etc.) will be opaque to spiders.
|
| --
| Murray
| ============
|
| | > See http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_16603
| >
| > --
| >
| > _____________________________________________
| > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > _____________________________________________
| >
| >
| > | > | Quick question...
| > |
| > | If you put your mouse over a link and you can NOT see the URL in the
| > browser's status bar, is that a
| > | good indication that search engines will not be able to follow the link?
| > |
| > | --
| > | ==============================================
| > | Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > | WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
| > |
| > | FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| > | ==============================================
| > | To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
| > | http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > |
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|
 
S

Stefan B Rusynko

TBMK they will not see the flash script links
- they will see the bottom text nav

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| In this case there are plain text links at the bottom of the page (FP Navigation)
|
| The links in the Flash navigation are pulled from two separate files:
|
| The first provides the text name of the link and is specified in a .txt file as:
|
| &menu1=Services
|
| and then in the second .js file, the link is specified as:
|
| case 1:window.location="services.asp" ;break;
|
| --
| ==============================================
| Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
|
| FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| ==============================================
| To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
| http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
|
| | > Agree
| > - that's why there should always be at least a bare bones text nav (say at bottom of page) w/ a
| > link to say a sitemap page when ever
| > you use DHTML
| > - and a no frames page w/ same for a framed site
| >
| > --
| >
| > _____________________________________________
| > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > _____________________________________________
| >
| >
| > | > | Yep. Seems to be true that Google can parse Flash links.
| > |
| > | As far as I know, no SE spider can parse javascript links, though. So, a
| > | link that is dynamically written, e.g.,
| > |
| > | <script>document.write("<a href=" + "'" + somejsvar + '"' + ">"
| > |
| > | (i.e., just about every 'menu system' out there, like OpenCube, Xara,
| > | Coalesys, HierMenus, AllTheWeb, etc.) will be opaque to spiders.
| > |
| > | --
| > | Murray
| > | ============
| > |
| > | | > | > See http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_16603
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | >
| > | > _____________________________________________
| > | > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > | > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > | > To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > | > http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > | > _____________________________________________
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > | > | > | Quick question...
| > | > |
| > | > | If you put your mouse over a link and you can NOT see the URL in the
| > | > browser's status bar, is that a
| > | > | good indication that search engines will not be able to follow the link?
| > | > |
| > | > | --
| > | > | ==============================================
| > | > | Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
| > | > | WEBMASTER Resources(tm)
| > | > |
| > | > | FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
| > | > | ==============================================
| > | > | To assist you in getting the best answers for FrontPage support see:
| > | > | http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | >
| > | >
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