Making Flash sites visible on search engines.

[stcouk]

A new comer to Flash MX 2004 and web-design in general, I've built what I think to be a pretty good site and fustratingly can't work out how to get the google robots or people to recognise it. I've created the whole site in flash and then dropped it into Dreamweaver to then be uploaded by my host. I read in a google book that the if you have a flash intro you should have some kind of html link to skip it so google can work there magic by avoiding the flash bit...but my whole site is flash! Any help would be so appreciated!!!

www.scotttrindle.co.uk
stuk2k@hotmail.com

[Rantanplan]

have some link that includes a var to be passed by the html..
i think it has to be a special tag in the html..

so if you have www.mysite.html --you get the normal starting intro..
but this url www.mysite.html&skip=true --your first flash file will be populated in the root with a var skip = true..
using if (skip == true) will get you anywhere from that start.

i've done this but with the help of an html-geek friend.. i'm a flash geek myself

cheers

[Stratification]

Here are some links that might be helpful for you:

http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_16603
http://www.search-this.com/website_promotion/optimize_Flash.aspx
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/2161851

Hope that helps!

[stcouk]

Thank you both very much...fingers crossed! Oh, and Merry Christmas!