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SWFAddress & SWFObject alternate content

Hi,

i have used SWFAddress and SWFObject in my flash site.

I did just like the example, using one HTML file which contains the SWFObject that has alternate content.

SWFAddress works as expected and changes the title and url.

the problem is I need this site to be "good" for SEO and PPC, therefor I need to be able to display alternate HTML based content to spiders.

I need to have multiple HTML files that spiders can visit and count, I need to be able to target the html version from PPC ads directly to a specific page (content).

the current situation is that I have one alternative content (SWFObject) and one big SWF file controled by SWFAddress with deep link capabilities

what is the recommended method to have multiple HTML files, with alternative content while still using SWFObject and SWFAddress ?

thanks

<div id="content">
            <p>In order to view this page you need JavaScript and Flash Player 8+ support!</p>
        </div>
        <script type="text/javascript">
        // <![CDATA[
            var so = new SWFObject('c.swf', 'c', '1008', '570', '8', '#000000');
            so.useExpressInstall('swfobject/expressinstall.swf');
            so.addParam('menu', 'false');
            so.write('content');
        // ]]>
        </script>

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Roonaan

You define your alternate content just in your <div id="content">.

For spiders this is all the content they see. So if you want to have multiple htmls with alternative flash content, you can use the same page framework with different content in the content div.

moshem

ASKER

Yes, thats the straightforward and ugly way...and may I say manual.

but what bothers me the most is that these html pages links (URL) will be different from the one normal users will see (flash content).

that means my site will violate google's guidelines... on showing different links and content to users and spiders...

Roonaan

The url changing is the basic downside of using swf address or any flash history manager, or even flash for that matter.

Depending on your serverside language the content management can be manual and ugly, or automatically and easy.

moshem

ASKER

what do you mean automatic ? I am using ASP (not .NET)

is there a way to make the html URLs and Flash inner URLs to be the same ?

Roonaan

I assume Google will not discredit you for having asppage.asp?xml and asppage.asp?html will they?

moshem

ASKER

Roonaan,

can you please elaborate on that a little ?

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SWFAddress &amp; SWFObject alternate content

SWFAddress & SWFObject alternate content