Last week, you read about the advantages and disadvantages of Flash—about its versatility, its application on the Web and its integration with Acrobat.
Yet, despite the fact that Flash based web applications, PDF documents and websites are now more interactive, colorful and dynamic than ever; they still struggle with one important feature--Search Engine Visibility. Webmasters with Flash content on their websites have always been presented with SEO challenges.
Due to the lack of search engine friendliness, most developers and webmasters have avoided using Flash content on their websites and web published PDFs.
Let’s take a more detailed look at a few SEO disadvantage points of Flash as well as a few strategies that are improving the visibility of your Flash content for Search Engines.