Redirecting if no Flash plug-in found...

does this effect how a search engine spiders the site?

[unique_geek]

I'm messing around with redirecting traffic if they haven't got the Flash Plugin.

Im using moockfpi [moock.org] which redirects to different pages dependant on positive or negative detection, it uses javascript.

I was wondering would this have an adverse effect on the search engine spidering of the site?

Does anyone have any negative/positive experiences of flash redirection?

[BlobFisk]

AFAIK, if you use a full URL (http:/www.site.com/page.html) Google will follow the link, even if it is part of a script.

HTH

[ORBiTrus]

Yah, use a full URL.

This works well...

redirect.swf?URL=http://orb.rr.nu

And code the flash to redirect to the URL passed in. That's my method at least.

(above address is my little play-toy server. Plz don't ever visit.)

[tfanelli]

This is a cool technique for redirecting flash users. Here is the deal. Make a two frame flash file, very small in size, 1 pixel, and post it at the top of your home page. Make the second frame a redirect actionscript to your main flash intro. If the user has flash installed the movie will be played and redirct users to the flash intro before the rest of the page loads. If it does not play they get the standard non flash site.