Comments on: How to make your hot new RIA friendly to search engines http://joshblog.net/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/ Josh Tynjala explores Flash, Flex, and ActionScript. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:18:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: HellFest “Open Air Edition”, part I – An Extreme modular (IoC/ PixIoC) ActionScript RIA at Deja-vue.net http://joshblog.net/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-48335 HellFest “Open Air Edition”, part I – An Extreme modular (IoC/ PixIoC) ActionScript RIA at Deja-vue.net Sat, 31 May 2008 10:09:57 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/#comment-48335 [...] How to make your hot new RIA friendly to search engines (Zeubs Labs) [...] [...] How to make your hot new RIA friendly to search engines (Zeubs Labs) [...]

]]> By: Flex and search engine optimisation « Justin J. Moses : Blog http://joshblog.net/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-42588 Flex and search engine optimisation « Justin J. Moses : Blog Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:27:27 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/#comment-42588 [...] also found this interesting article which basically shows XML to the crawler, but the user will see a Flex page (loaded via XSLT) that [...] [...] also found this interesting article which basically shows XML to the crawler, but the user will see a Flex page (loaded via XSLT) that [...]

]]> By: Philly Site Builder » Blog Archive » Optimize your Flex Application for Search Engines http://joshblog.net/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-39499 Philly Site Builder » Blog Archive » Optimize your Flex Application for Search Engines Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:06:55 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/#comment-39499 [...] a great article that explains how to breakdown your RIA for the search engines. Here’s the article in [...] [...] a great article that explains how to breakdown your RIA for the search engines. Here’s the article in [...]

]]> By: Using Search Engine Optimization (SEO) In Flash | EVOLVE http://joshblog.net/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-36165 Using Search Engine Optimization (SEO) In Flash | EVOLVE Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:53:51 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/#comment-36165 [...] reading an article on SEO and Flex by Ted Patrick and another by Josh Tynjala, I recalled my foray into doing this on a recent Flash project at work. I figured that I should [...] [...] reading an article on SEO and Flex by Ted Patrick and another by Josh Tynjala, I recalled my foray into doing this on a recent Flash project at work. I figured that I should [...]

]]> By: Eric http://joshblog.net/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-36000 Eric Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:14:23 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/#comment-36000 re: "The other element might be to just insert a basic XHTML content into the page and allow the style sheet to overwrite the page with a richer UI." This is essentially what space150's "Faust" technique does for sites like <a href="relic.com" rel="nofollow">relic.com</a> and <a href="theivyhotel.com" rel="nofollow">theivyhotel.com</a>. <a href="http://blog.space150.com/2007/1/11/faust-flash-augmenting-standards" rel="nofollow">http://blog.space150.com/2007/1/11/faust-flash-augmenting-standards</a> The XHTML forms a base, so the site is browseable without Flash. Then, for users with Flash, that data is pulled in and enhanced. For example, on <a href="theivyhotel.com " rel="nofollow">theivyhotel.com</a>, slideshow HTML is interpreted with either a simple CSS view or an animated Flash app, depending on the user's capabilities. Even browsing it with Javascript turned off is not problematic, with the right CSS skin on top. e re: “The other element might be to just insert a basic XHTML content into the page and allow the style sheet to overwrite the page with a richer UI.”

This is essentially what space150’s “Faust” technique does for sites like relic.com and theivyhotel.com.

http://blog.space150.com/2007/1/11/faust-flash-augmenting-standards

The XHTML forms a base, so the site is browseable without Flash. Then, for users with Flash, that data is pulled in and enhanced.

For example, on theivyhotel.com, slideshow HTML is interpreted with either a simple CSS view or an animated Flash app, depending on the user’s capabilities. Even browsing it with Javascript turned off is not problematic, with the right CSS skin on top.

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]]> By: Dave Johnson » Blog Archive » Ajax Alive and Kicking http://joshblog.net/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-30589 Dave Johnson » Blog Archive » Ajax Alive and Kicking Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:26:44 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/#comment-30589 [...] Ajax there are a lot of shortcomings to Flex applications. Dealing with the browser back button, search indexing, rendering HTML content are just a few of the problems that face Flex developers - some of them [...] [...] Ajax there are a lot of shortcomings to Flex applications. Dealing with the browser back button, search indexing, rendering HTML content are just a few of the problems that face Flex developers – some of them [...]

]]> By: Jason’s Blog » Blog Archive » SEO Optimized Flex http://joshblog.net/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-21067 Jason’s Blog » Blog Archive » SEO Optimized Flex Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:43:43 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/#comment-21067 [...] Patrick has been working on SEO optimization for his Flex driven Flex Directory website. Josh Tynjala noticed and made some further suggestions, which Ted implemented. Turns out that it works!In the [...] [...] Patrick has been working on SEO optimization for his Flex driven Flex Directory website. Josh Tynjala noticed and made some further suggestions, which Ted implemented. Turns out that it works!In the [...]

]]> By: Josh Tynjala http://joshblog.net/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-13848 Josh Tynjala Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:19:10 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/#comment-13848 Update 2: Ted posted the results of the <a href="http://www.onflex.org/ted/2007/08/flex-directory-seo-and-flex-part-2.php" rel="nofollow">HTML conversion of Flex Directory</a>. He discovered that Google was more more interested in the data with only minor tweaks to the schema. Update 2: Ted posted the results of the HTML conversion of Flex Directory. He discovered that Google was more more interested in the data with only minor tweaks to the schema.

]]> By: Sönke Rohde » Search Engines and RIAs http://joshblog.net/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-13661 Sönke Rohde » Search Engines and RIAs Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:46:10 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/#comment-13661 [...] Josh Tynjala wrote an article about “How to make your hot new RIA friendly to search engines“. [...] [...] Josh Tynjala wrote an article about “How to make your hot new RIA friendly to search engines“. [...]

]]> By: Josh Tynjala http://joshblog.net/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-13612 Josh Tynjala Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:43:11 +0000 http://www.zeuslabs.us/2007/08/03/make-your-rich-internet-application-seo-friendly/#comment-13612 FYI, Ted followed up with some experimental <a href="http://www.onflex.org/ted/2007/08/flex-directory-seo-and-flex.php" rel="nofollow">changes to the Flex Directory model</a> to hopefully improve crawler parsing. It now includes a bit of HTML, so some of my information above isn't quite accurate anymore. Regardless, the method of loading data into an RIA is still unique (for now) and fascinating. FYI, Ted followed up with some experimental changes to the Flex Directory model to hopefully improve crawler parsing. It now includes a bit of HTML, so some of my information above isn’t quite accurate anymore. Regardless, the method of loading data into an RIA is still unique (for now) and fascinating.

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