Possibly the most common use of ‘Flash’ regarding website design is usually found on the main opening index page of a website. A Flash introductory page. Usually these pages have a ‘Skip Intro’ button and also a loading symbol Not everybody has time to watch an introductory Flash movie.
Websites designed with Flash as an introductory first page may appear highly impressive, however, I have yet to find a website with Flash used in this way that has a page one ranking. Search engines read web pages, and the first page, known as the index page, if it is in Flash, the search engines can’t read it; thus although the website may appear to be highly impressive because of the web design of its index page, it is of little use if it is page 10 with a ranking position of 112. Your website needs to be on page one to be found!
Flash does have other uses apart from trying to impress the visitor clicking onto your website. It is a brilliant tool to show videos. However, the downside is these pages may be slow to load - depending upon the users Internet connection speed, and the size of the file.
Web design is not only about appearance. It is about easy navigation, with the main emphasis having to be - page ranking.
     

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