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krogers
11-05-2007, 05:37 AM
Recently I started optimization of a site in which the majority is made with Flex a new software that is released by Adobe people. The advantage of using Flex is we can get the total information from server using XML files. I am having a doubt regarding this. My doubt is, whether Flex is Search Engine Friendly or not? Give your feedback if you already used Flex in any of your sites or having experience with Flex.
marketraisecorp
11-06-2007, 02:38 AM
Even though Flex,the advanced version of flash has been released it is still tough to comment on whether it is SE friendly or not.After reading your question I did try searching for related Google using my search tag as "Whether flex is compatible for SE'?I did meet with some results but they weren't satisfactory.Still I did come across a blog where I found this paragraphs.
And what about search engines and other content-aware tools, which cannot easily access the content delivered by Flex applications? And permalinks, which do not work as naturally with Flex as they do with HTML? How do you bookmark a piece of content in a Flex application on Delicious? And - which surprises will you run into when you hit the browser's Back button?
The upcoming Apollo server platform from Adobe promises to deliver support for rich web applications that work equally well offline and online. This is something I've been looking forward to for a long time. Of course, it will require the Flex runtime to provide this functionality. Technically speaking, I don't see a reason why the same capability cannot be delivered through standard XHTML + CSS + JavaScript + a client-side plugin, which could be a subset of the Flex-required Flash runtime.
Read through them at http://yanivg.blogspot.com/2007/02/why-i-dont-get-adobe-flex.html.
This is all I could help you out with.If it is insuffecient which I firmly believe is,I apologize and request others to pour in their comments.
The advantage of using Flex is we can get the total information from server using XML files.
Wow, revolutionary concept there!
The advantage
Advantage over what?
total information from server using XML files.
Flash supports 9 languages and Google over 100.
When Adobe.com is all Flash and or Flex whatever then I'll believe it's search friendly. Larry Page talked about Flash during Google Analyst day a few weeks ago. Check it out!