Flash websites are certainly very aesthetic and eye-catchy and the right way to allure visitors. Today, in the web market there is a proliferation of Flash Web Designs.

More and more website owners are vying with one another in building attractive Flash-based Websites to ward off competition. Today, Flash web designs are an ideal means to create animated series, add up video into web pages, web advertisements and more recently to develop internet applications.

But the grim fact remains that though Flash-based websites are appealing to users, they are not to that extent search engine friendly. This is the one basic demerit of all Flash websites. Yet another disadvantage of Flash-based Websites is it takes a long time for a user to download and thus visitors may turn to other websites to get information almost immediately. Dynamic Websites cannot easily use flash. It has to be converted into HTML file and then followed by Flash Designs.

The basic aim of any website design whether it is HTML site or a flash-based website, is to lure more and more customers. A web user looks for not only unique content, high speed and smooth navigation but also captivating designs. The primary intention is not only to invite customers but to sustain their interest.

This is primarily because the search engine robots find the Flash works very complex and confusing. These robots obviously cannot index a Flash design like a plain text. They can only index the filenames. Nevertheless, it may still be possible to find some ways to improve SEO of Flash based websites.

It may be purposeful to enter in metadata in Flash websites. Meta description and keywords must contain the significant keywords and the use of keywords is important for SEO. There is what is called Meta Description Tag which contains the description of the website through the use of right key words.

Generally Flash websites consist of only a single web page wherein the complete details of the company, its products and services etc. are given. It is very difficult for the search engines to exploit one web page. It is, therefore, necessary to have several separate pages with the right keywords to describe the company details.

Many of us may not be aware that the Search Engine (SDK) comprises of an application called swf2html. This application extracts links and text from a Flash file and then transfers the data into an HTML file. Proper use of this kit can certainly help in optimizing Flash websites.

Effective off page optimization can be a solution for SEO of flash-based websites. Employ the anchor text in a proper way. The first rule is the anchor text must contain the significant keywords. Secondly, inbound links are very useful in optimizing websites. The more the number of inbound links from websites the more the chances of better optimization. One imaginative way of linking building is through creating articles of the websites in various article directories and important websites. Create and maintain separate blogs under the main domain or sub domain, which is a potent tool SEO of Flash based website. A Flash website must post comments on topics in relevant forums. This strategy may eventually help in optimizing websites.

Notwithstanding the various demerits of Flash-based web designs, the Flash Website Design is extremely popular and in great demand.