I am so dumb!

[pmkpmk]

Did a Flash site. Made a plain HTML version. Made a Javascript on the frontpage which detects whether Flash is enabled or not and either loads the Flash page or the plain HTML page. Submitted it to Google, MSN and Yahoo. Spiders come, but site gets not indexed.

Do you spot my error? :-)

[briggidere]

spiders come, look at your java and run away?

[mack]

you did the link for the non flash version in JS?

Mack.

[Staffa]

"Made a Javascript on the frontpage"

but not on all other pages which defeats the initial purpose?

[trillianjedi]

Hehe - you got it wrong way around....?

[Philosopher]

LOL...close...soooo close. ;)

[vincevincevince]

... [javascript] either loads the Flash page or the plain HTML page

My guess: If the HTML page is loaded by javascript then spiders will not read it as they will not execute the javascript.

A better implementation might be to always show the HTML version but to use javascript to hide it and show the flash version if flash is enabled.

[pmkpmk]

You're all mostly right, but Mack phrased it best. The front page consisted only of the JavaScript - not even a single non-JS line in the body :-)

What I did yesterday is to add plain HTML links to the two pages, but actually I can get rid of the starting page altogether if I make the starting page equivalent to the non-flash page. Which is basically what Vince said (and which I only read after haven written it myself).

[mack]

Mack phrased it best

Whats the prize? :)

Mack.