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Why Flash Websites Are A Bad Idea

Author admin    Category SEO Flash     Tags , ,

Flash websites… you know the type. They’re the ones where pages blip and fly across the screen, music blares from your PC speakers and type is so small you would need to be bit-sized to read it. These days, designers are everywhere trying to convince clients and firms alike, that Flash gives them more options and allows them to express themselves more creatively.
Well, when did a designer’s creativity take precedence over plain old effectiveness? Let’s take a moment to pick apart Flash websites and three major accessibility problems associated with them.
The first of our Flash site perils: User accessibility.
Let’s talk Atmosphere, since that is what the designers will try and sell you on first. Like a storefront or good restaurant, atmosphere is probably the most important factor of a website. How comfortable is your site? How intuitive is it on which to find information? How easy is the text to read?
One of the most beautiful things about properly built websites, is their accessibility to the public. Properly built HTML websites are marvels of modern technology: accessible on the web, by cell phone, with speech options for the blind, and even changeable text size for the poor of vision. There are too many ways in which professional website designers make sites accessible to the broadest range of the public to go into in this article, but they allow each visitor’s experience to be uniquely tailored to their own viewing needs and preferences. The best websites provide quality content in an atmosphere that entices a visitor to stay as long as possible, and promise new content to keep them coming back.
Let me ask you, how many flash websites do you visit often, or even have bookmarked in your browser? Probably not too many. Having been a professional web designer and marketing consultant for years, I can tell you with great certainty that no one stays on a flash site very long. The format is cramped. The type is small. The beeping gets old quickly, and although you may have the most exceptional tastes in music, let us presume that not everyone will share in your interests. I personally, upon visiting a site that decides to play music, leave and never return.
While Flash is great at offering lot’s of options to designers, it’s exceptionally poor at offering proportionate options to site visitors. Flash powered sites are inaccessible by cell phone (to date no phone that I know of can run Flash, not even an iPhone, which has one of the most sophisticated web browsers of any phone on the market). But, that’s not even the worst part, Flash is also inaccessible to anyone without ActiveX plugins installed on their computer. Now, you may think that everyone must have Flash / ActiveX on their computers by now… think again. Most of people that will be viewing your business’ website, will be doing so from their cubicle at work, and companies are exerting tighter and tighter controls over what their employees can see or do over the web… and that includes your Flash website. So, if your small business has some great flashy website, kiss corporate America goodbye.
Here’s the second thing that you can write off about your Flash site: Search Engine Accessibility (i.e. being found on Google and the like.)
No, I’m not kidding. With a Flash website, you can count yourself out for ever attaining page one, two, or even three of a Google search, and the reason is pretty simple: Google will have no idea what your site says or is about. Search engines base their ranking on two very important criteria: how many QUALITY pages link to your site (you may still be alright there, if you have been doing your SEO publishing) and how much relevant content there is on your site for the search term in question. Now, considering that Google and all of the other search engines will not be able to read the text on your Flash site, your chances of producing relevant content results are less than favorable.
Here’s the last of our Flash site perils: Administrative Accessibility
Maybe you’ve already run into this problem. You have a great site, but you need some changes made and you are no longer using the designer that created the site for you. You call your current designer and ask for the changes, only to have them tell you that they just can’t do it, because they don’t have the master file. Flash sites are notorious for this. There is a public file that is accessed from the web, this is the file that viewers see when they go to your domain and it is also the file on your hosting account. This file is protected from import or change. However, there is also a master file in which the site was created and in which all changes must be made. Flash designers guard this file with their life! They almost never post it to the hosting account and never tell the client that this file exists and is needed. For the uninformed, this can lead to thousands of dollars as the previous designer is tracked down or the site is rebuilt.
Wow that’s a lot of problems! And that’s only counting accessibility issues. In part 2, we’ll examine how these sites affect your potential customer base and your bottom line, but that’s all for now!

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Feb
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A BBQ Idea: Create Your Own Outdoor Super Casino Thanks To Live TV Roulette Online

Author admin    Category Google TV     Tags , , , , , , , ,

Holding a BBQ in your own garden and turning it into a super casino is an easy and rewarding experience. You will need a laptop with a wireless connection, unless you have somehow wired up your garden with a Local Area Connection. If by chance you have, make sure that you have the wires tucked away. You really do not want anyone unplugging your live TV roulette online feed simply by tripping over the wire. A riot could ensue, and your BBQ would be remembered for all the wrong reasons. Make sure any wires are away from anything that gets hot too. A burger topped with melted coaxial is not really all that tasty (I assume).

 Another thing to be aware of is keep your laptop as far from the food as you can! No doubt drinks will be consumed, and obviously food eaten. You do not want the centre of attention of your super casino to be a no-food zone, but you do want to be able to see the screen, not a big dollop of ketchup or a lettuce-leaf.  The live TV roulette online results need to be seen and not eaten! No disputes because of a minty lamb burger, please!

 You now need to find a website that shows all day Live TV Roulette online. This is far easier than it sounds; simply Google for “Live TV Roulette” and you’ll find a vast variety of sites listed; many of them offering streaming from real casinos! After you have chosen the site that will provide the roulette for your super casino, you will need to register for free yourself as a player in order to get the streaming roulette feed. You should also make the decision a this point on how you will handle bets. Are you going to play with real money, or use the free play roulette option, and be the house yourself?

 If you decide that you are going to play for real money, then you will need to first make a deposit on the live TV roulette online website. Look at a few sites and you will see that many have signing up bonuses where they will match your initial deposit value. Some even offer matches of up to £250! You will also need a pen and paper to keep track of who has bet what in order to pay out winnings. Alternatively, your super casino could simply play for some other ‘currency’, such as drinks or shots. Just make sure you have enough Jack Daniels (good choice!) to match bets!

 One final tip. Make sure that your laptop is placed out of sunlight. Laptop screens are very hard to read in direct sunlight, and you want your super casino BBQ to be a real success. Now that everything is set up, throw another shrimp on the Barbie and get started! In no time at all, you will find that the live TV roulette online feed has people gathered around watching and playing in no time at all. Your BBQ will be the talk of the town for weeks, and you may find that friends are suddenly copying your concept over and over.

Feb
19
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An Idea for Summer: Hold A Super Casino BBQ With Live TV Roulette Online

Author admin    Category Google TV     Tags , , , , , , ,

So you have decided on to theme your BBQ as a super casino. The first thing you will need is a laptop with a wireless connection or very long network cable. If you go for the network cable, make sure you have the wire tucked away. The last thing you want is for someone to go flying over the cable pulling your expensive laptop off whatever table you have it perched on. Live TV roulette online websites don’t work very well on broken connections or broken computers! An additional observation has been that friends do not particularly like becoming part of a BBQ either.

Make sure you lay out your laptop away from the food. There is reason real casinos do not want people eating or drinking over the roulette tables; a big drop of ketchup or salad on the table would not present a very practical image. Your super casino should not be any different, even if only because trying to use a burger smeared keyboard and reading a screen covered in salad can prove to be difficult. You do not want the results given from the live online TV roulette to be disputed simply because of a slice of cucumber or a chicken wing.

Next, you will need to find a website that shows streaming roulette all day, every day. There are a surprising number of them out there; a simple Google search for “Live TV Roulette” will produce a multitude of lists. Once you’ve found your live TV roulette online website suitable for your super casino, simply register (at most places, registration is free). At this point you will need to make a decision. Are you going to play for real money with your friends, or free play roulette and set up your own wagers with beer or some other consumable?

If you yourself are going to be the house, remember that you’ll need to have a ready supply of whatever you have decided to use as your chip substitute (beer, Jack Daniels shots, potato chips!); as master of your own super casino, you do not want customers to leave unhappy! If you are actually going to play the live TV roulette online, then you will need to make a deposit. Shop around, and you’ll find many will offer cash bonuses of up to £250. You will need a book to keep tabs on peoples winnings and losses if you are playing for real money through the website in order to deal out your winnings later.

Now everything is set up, you are ready to go! Make sure you have placed the laptop in a shaded area, as it is can be hard to read the screens in bright sunlight, and put the burgers and sausages on. You will find your super casino has a crowd around in no time at all, and people will be both intrigued and fascinated by your new BBQ concept. Thanks to the live TV roulette online website that you simply placed outdoors, your BBQ will be remembered and be a talking point for weeks afterwards!

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