Comments on: “Google kicked off my Bludomain site” http://resultzdigital.com/google-kicked-off-my-bludomain-site/ Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:02:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://resultzdigital.com/google-kicked-off-my-bludomain-site/comment-page-1/#comment-222 admin Fri, 29 May 2009 22:31:19 +0000 http://marcfuller.com/?p=92#comment-222 Zach, There was a time when I might have agreed with you, but in the reality of relevant and useful search ranking ... not so much. You are talking about one landing page (splash page) with some text. The stahdard Flash links are action scripts which many search bots do not effectively crawl. So you are left with a virtual stand alone landing page with at most a few paragraphs of content. That may move a site's search page presence up from 100 to 50 (a relatively great advance), but it is still 5 pages deep from most peoples search users initial page of Google results. So the the "advance" will be inconsequential in bankable impact. It will put you ahead of some other Bludomain splash pages in search results, but not enough ahead to get you on the first or second page of results. And the first page in organic search results is MONEY. My advice is don't spend money on SEO even for Bludomain and other popular Flash based websites for photographers SEO consultant can show how it will result in greater payback. In most cases SEO for Flash sites that is not based in sound site structure or content is useless. Less than useless when you factor in the time and expense. Zach, There was a time when I might have agreed with you, but in the reality of relevant and useful search ranking … not so much. You are talking about one landing page (splash page) with some text. The stahdard Flash links are action scripts which many search bots do not effectively crawl. So you are left with a virtual stand alone landing page with at most a few paragraphs of content. That may move a site’s search page presence up from 100 to 50 (a relatively great advance), but it is still 5 pages deep from most peoples search users initial page of Google results. So the the “advance” will be inconsequential in bankable impact. It will put you ahead of some other Bludomain splash pages in search results, but not enough ahead to get you on the first or second page of results. And the first page in organic search results is MONEY. My advice is don’t spend money on SEO even for Bludomain and other popular Flash based websites for photographers SEO consultant can show how it will result in greater payback. In most cases SEO for Flash sites that is not based in sound site structure or content is useless. Less than useless when you factor in the time and expense.

]]> By: Zach http://resultzdigital.com/google-kicked-off-my-bludomain-site/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Zach Wed, 06 May 2009 03:14:30 +0000 http://marcfuller.com/?p=92#comment-220 Flash site is obviously not optimal for search engines, but a simple splash page that includes keyword-rich text can greatly help rank in search engines while maintaining a Flash site, for example most templates offered by Blu Domain. Check out the <a href="http://bluphotoseo.com" rel="nofollow">photographer search engine optimization guide</a> for more on the topic, which talks about splash pages among other ranking techniques specific to Blu Domain sites. Flash site is obviously not optimal for search engines, but a simple splash page that includes keyword-rich text can greatly help rank in search engines while maintaining a Flash site, for example most templates offered by Blu Domain. Check out the photographer search engine optimization guide for more on the topic, which talks about splash pages among other ranking techniques specific to Blu Domain sites.

]]> By: admin http://resultzdigital.com/google-kicked-off-my-bludomain-site/comment-page-1/#comment-38 admin Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:57:56 +0000 http://marcfuller.com/?p=92#comment-38 Hi Spencer, Appreciate your comment. I agree that is an option and I have used that in the past. The problem with two websites ( a Flash version and an HTML version) is the ADDITIONAL COST of maintaining TWO websites. Not to mention that standard HTML websites don't have the easy ability for the siteowner to update/change the site, and the built-in SEO and syndication features that a WordPress blogsite has. At this time in the development of the WWW if someone wants to use Flash to display their images, I think the best and lowest cost option is to "wrap" their Flash galleries within a blogsite. Like the <a href="http://www.thinklikeabride.com/theagency/kertesz/" rel="nofollow">Kertesz - Pro Photo Blogsite </a>can. Hi Spencer, Appreciate your comment. I agree that is an option and I have used that in the past. The problem with two websites ( a Flash version and an HTML version) is the ADDITIONAL COST of maintaining TWO websites. Not to mention that standard HTML websites don’t have the easy ability for the siteowner to update/change the site, and the built-in SEO and syndication features that a WordPress blogsite has. At this time in the development of the WWW if someone wants to use Flash to display their images, I think the best and lowest cost option is to “wrap” their Flash galleries within a blogsite. Like the Kertesz – Pro Photo Blogsite can.

]]> By: Walt Sorensen http://resultzdigital.com/google-kicked-off-my-bludomain-site/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Walt Sorensen Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:52:48 +0000 http://marcfuller.com/?p=92#comment-37 It amazes me that despite all the information out there showing the problems with indexing flash, people continue to build and use flash websites. Even the duplicate html site doesn't fix the flash problem, and duplicate html sites have other issues in their use. The old adage of "if you build it they will come" doesn't apply to websites. It amazes me that despite all the information out there showing the problems with indexing flash, people continue to build and use flash websites. Even the duplicate html site doesn’t fix the flash problem, and duplicate html sites have other issues in their use.

The old adage of “if you build it they will come” doesn’t apply to websites.

]]> By: Sir David Esquire http://resultzdigital.com/google-kicked-off-my-bludomain-site/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Sir David Esquire Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:31:45 +0000 http://marcfuller.com/?p=92#comment-36 Hey Marc, That's what I've been saying for years & many people laughed in my face & thought that flash is the way to go, but the bottom line is - it really isn't from a search engine point of view. The other thing that we did was create a blog site a few years ago as we recognized the change in how we present our work. When JC launched her blogsite, I think that is really paving the way for more & more people to come on board what is the next evolution of websites. More interactivity. What's nice is that I no longer have to inquire web designers & companies like Blu to laugh in my face & tell me that is a silly idea! Cheers! David Esquire Esquire Photography www.esquirephotography.com david@esquirephotography.com Hey Marc,

That’s what I’ve been saying for years & many people laughed in my face & thought that flash is the way to go, but the bottom line is – it really isn’t from a search engine point of view.

The other thing that we did was create a blog site a few years ago as we recognized the change in how we present our work. When JC launched her blogsite, I think that is really paving the way for more & more people to come on board what is the next evolution of websites. More interactivity.

What’s nice is that I no longer have to inquire web designers & companies like Blu to laugh in my face & tell me that is a silly idea!

Cheers!

David Esquire
Esquire Photography
http://www.esquirephotography.com
david@esquirephotography.com

]]> By: Spencer Clark http://resultzdigital.com/google-kicked-off-my-bludomain-site/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Spencer Clark Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:17:21 +0000 http://marcfuller.com/?p=92#comment-35 Another option here is to have a full HTML website in the background. While google still doesn't read flash, it can read the HTML site. We're in the process of making one over on our site now. The absolute hardest part still though is having google index the index page first. Even a savvy sitemap won't always cure this problem. - Spencer Clark Another option here is to have a full HTML website in the background. While google still doesn’t read flash, it can read the HTML site. We’re in the process of making one over on our site now. The absolute hardest part still though is having google index the index page first. Even a savvy sitemap won’t always cure this problem.

- Spencer Clark

]]> By: admin http://resultzdigital.com/google-kicked-off-my-bludomain-site/comment-page-1/#comment-34 admin Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:37:05 +0000 http://marcfuller.com/?p=92#comment-34 Eric, Thanks for the info! Eric, Thanks for the info!

]]> By: Eric http://resultzdigital.com/google-kicked-off-my-bludomain-site/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Eric Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:00:28 +0000 http://marcfuller.com/?p=92#comment-33 There is a great little article about Wedding Blogs over at PDN right now - http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3ic87e02f8b99ce3de1791737384dd252f There is a great little article about Wedding Blogs over at PDN right now – http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3ic87e02f8b99ce3de1791737384dd252f

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