# Flash & SEO

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-seo/196251>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 7, 2006, 5:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-seo/196251 "2006-08-07T05:15:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![codemonkeypete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b77776/32.png) [@codemonkeypete](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/codemonkeypete)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 5:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-seo/196251/1 "2006-08-07T05:15:52Z")

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I have been getting a few calls and emails from clients lately, concerned that thier websites are not getting very good listings on google. I explained that flash and google don’t really mix, and with a few clients, had to go into detail about SEO rules, how google sniffs tags, looks for content, etc - and that because their site content is embedded in the flash file, it makes for a difficult dilemna. The other nite I was thinking about this, and came up with a very basic idea: use php to “trick” google bots. Attached is the file I came up with. It’s actually very simple. Make an if/else clause. If the useragent is a bot, show it a standard html file, otherwise, spit out the html file with the flash file embedded. I have “just” sent the first one out to google, so I cant be 100% that its going to fool them, but it should, the syntax is all correct… here’s hoping huh!