# Flash Site Optimisation - Popups or not to Popup?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-site-optimisation-popups-or-not-to-popup/129914>\
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**Created:** [November 29, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-site-optimisation-popups-or-not-to-popup/129914 "2004-11-29T23:00:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![magic\_dot](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/magic_dot/32/791_2.png) [@magic\_dot](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/magic_dot)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-site-optimisation-popups-or-not-to-popup/129914/1 "2004-11-29T23:00:38Z")

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Should my full Flash site use a popup window? Or should the splash/detection page open the Flash in the same window?

I ask this because intitial peer review of my site as lead people to ask for it not to generate a second popup.

I don’t fully understand the advatages of using a popup other than it generates another page which can be useful for extra search engine meta data - and prevents inexperienced users navigating away from the site too easily with the Back button.

What are the advantages/disadvantages of a popup for a full flash site - and how do I make a non-popup version which works well?

Regards,

magic\_dot