Comments on: SWFAddress 2.0 & SEO Myth Busted http://www.beussery.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/swfaddress-20-seo-myth-busted/ {atlanta, seo, google, gadgets, technology & geekery} Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:31:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: beussery http://www.beussery.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/swfaddress-20-seo-myth-busted/#comment-233 beussery Wed, 14 May 2008 03:02:50 +0000 http://www.beussery.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/swfaddress-20-seo-myth-busted/#comment-233 Pickle, I agree with all you have said! My issue is that Asual markets SWFAddress as the 1 answer in their SEO sample seen here: http://www.asual.com/swfaddress/samples/seo/ Since my original post, I've pointed this out to Asual's founder Rostislav Hristov and as a result they have added a "Copy link to clipboard" link at the bottom of each page. Like what you said about Google Maps, I'm not sure anyone uses it but it is a step in the right direction. Pickle, I agree with all you have said! My issue is that Asual markets SWFAddress as the 1 answer in their SEO sample seen here: http://www.asual.com/swfaddress/samples/seo/

Since my original post, I’ve pointed this out to Asual’s founder Rostislav Hristov and as a result they have added a “Copy link to clipboard” link at the bottom of each page. Like what you said about Google Maps, I’m not sure anyone uses it but it is a step in the right direction.

]]> By: Pickle http://www.beussery.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/swfaddress-20-seo-myth-busted/#comment-229 Pickle Sun, 11 May 2008 04:03:26 +0000 http://www.beussery.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/swfaddress-20-seo-myth-busted/#comment-229 Do you think that when a person links to a Google Map from his webpage he copies the URL from the address bar or clicks on the "Link to this Page" button? Honestly, I don't know what percentage of people click that link, but I suspect that most people who link to other websites are savvy enough to click it. Google Maps does not use Flash! Keep in mind that this problem is not so much a Flash problem as it is a Web 2.0 problem. In the simplest sense, Web 2.0 is the ability for a web page to update information without reloading that page. This very import functionality was built on top of a platform (Web 1.0) that had no idea what Web 2.0 would look like and thus there are definately some pitfalls. The real question here is, are you prepared to forgo Web 2.0 and all that it has to offer? Can you afford to ignore this revolutionizing technology in order to satisfy a short-sighted analysis of SEO that assumes that having a better website because of Web 2.0 won't drive more people to your website? I'm sorry but there is not 1 answer to every problem. The decision to adopt new web technology should always begin with an analysis of the new tech benefits vs compatibility drawbacks. Do you think that when a person links to a Google Map from his webpage he copies the URL from the address bar or clicks on the “Link to this Page” button? Honestly, I don’t know what percentage of people click that link, but I suspect that most people who link to other websites are savvy enough to click it.

Google Maps does not use Flash! Keep in mind that this problem is not so much a Flash problem as it is a Web 2.0 problem. In the simplest sense, Web 2.0 is the ability for a web page to update information without reloading that page. This very import functionality was built on top of a platform (Web 1.0) that had no idea what Web 2.0 would look like and thus there are definately some pitfalls.

The real question here is, are you prepared to forgo Web 2.0 and all that it has to offer? Can you afford to ignore this revolutionizing technology in order to satisfy a short-sighted analysis of SEO that assumes that having a better website because of Web 2.0 won’t drive more people to your website?

I’m sorry but there is not 1 answer to every problem. The decision to adopt new web technology should always begin with an analysis of the new tech benefits vs compatibility drawbacks.

]]> By: beussery http://www.beussery.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/swfaddress-20-seo-myth-busted/#comment-118 beussery Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:56:02 +0000 http://www.beussery.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/swfaddress-20-seo-myth-busted/#comment-118 "...our algorithms will index the URL without the anchor.” means that Googlebot will only index URLs without anchors and/or the URL prior to the anchor. Either way, not the URL. “…our algorithms will index the URL without the anchor.” means that Googlebot will only index URLs without anchors and/or the URL prior to the anchor. Either way, not the URL.

]]> By: futureboy9000 http://www.beussery.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/swfaddress-20-seo-myth-busted/#comment-117 futureboy9000 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:41:07 +0000 http://www.beussery.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/swfaddress-20-seo-myth-busted/#comment-117 What about this? http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2006/11/number-of-pages-googlebot-crawls.html "Don't worry about links to anchors, because while Googlebot will crawl each link, our algorithms will index the URL without the anchor." What about this?
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2006/11/number-of-pages-googlebot-crawls.html

“Don’t worry about links to anchors, because while Googlebot will crawl each link, our algorithms will index the URL without the anchor.”

]]> By: beussery http://www.beussery.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/swfaddress-20-seo-myth-busted/#comment-105 beussery Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:17:40 +0000 http://www.beussery.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/swfaddress-20-seo-myth-busted/#comment-105 @ Pickle PageRank is all about "someone ELSE" linking to your site. You are correct, it is not an optimal solution for optimized content or SEO! @ Pickle

PageRank is all about “someone ELSE” linking to your site. You are correct, it is not an optimal solution for optimized content or SEO!

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