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franklin

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« on: March 12, 2004, 12:46:00 pm »
Does anyone have any preferences over flash or HTML for e-commerce sites? and why?

Any comments would be really useful!

Thanks.
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RockNRollPig

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« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2004, 12:55:00 am »
thebassman wrote:Though having some flash to compliment specific parts of the site can be good.VERY little, if any. For the most part, it\'s pointelss on an e-commerce site.
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maxim

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« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2004, 09:10:00 am »
simply dont use flash if you want a high turn over of constant traffic that creates actual sales!
 It has been proven that the average new visitor will allow upto 20 seconds for a page to load, any longer and they simply press \'back\' and there of to another site.
people surf quickly now more than ever,and are hungry for information that counts!
Especially if there coming from a search engine they have found you deliberatly and pretty much already know what their looking for. if they see a site they like the sound of, they click the link and have to sit nd wait only to be presented with a useless often uninformative fast moving graphic that is essentially useless. if your gonna give someone a present make sure its something they want instead of something you want them to have.

I learnt this in the adult industry (the hard way).
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maxim

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« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2004, 09:17:00 am »
exaclty like i said its no good if people are coming from search engines, if you want to impress them and your companies called NIKE and your all about fashion,style and your known all around the world then flash is fine otherwise think twice.

max.
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« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2004, 05:16:00 pm »
compar wrote:Atom,

If I didn\'t know better I\'d say you sound conflicted.

Now that you mention it ... I kinda do don\'t I?  ..  

No worries though... I\'ve an exorcism appointment tomorrow at 2:00pm... they said they even make house calls ...
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« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2004, 05:24:00 pm »
cardesign wrote:FuSion wrote:Nike
Puma
Budweiser
Gillette
Audi
Disney
CNN
Reebok
Cisco
IBM
Nickelodeon
BBC
Volvo

My main argument for not building flash sites are the seo. All the above sites don\'t rely on search engines very much, instead on word of mouth and clients.

Yeah, Thanks Google
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Atom

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« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2004, 05:27:00 pm »
FuSion wrote:

Yeah, Thanks Google  [/quote]
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compar

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« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2004, 01:34:00 pm »
Kill the flash idea right away.

Reasons:

1. The search engines can\'t read it and won\'t index a pure flash page.
2. It is sometime interesting the first time you see it. After that is is just a pain in the *** you have to wait through or click by to get at the meat of the site.
3. It may look cute. But it has no place on an e-Commerce site. E-Commerce sites are dedicated to selling. Anything that slows the purchase process down will just drive visitors away.
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spidersam

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« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2004, 07:02:00 pm »
compar wrote:Kill the flash idea right away.



Agreed
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unrealfragmaster

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« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2004, 07:27:00 pm »
Also, a flash website feels more like a program than a website, and im sure alot of people would rather enter their credit card number to a secure looking website than a program in their web browser.
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alpha3m

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« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2004, 10:03:00 pm »
agree.  flash idea goes in the trash bin.
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« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2004, 10:28:00 pm »
Though having some flash to compliment specific parts of the site can be good.
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« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2004, 01:39:00 am »
Hi guys, sorry I have to disagree...

Take a look at the big companies, Nike for example, they are a heavy-duty user of flash, and it\'s impressive the way they use for marketing their product.

I think it depends on who your audience is, what product do you sell, etc.

Flash is a very good tools to make your site happening/lively, that\'s why macromedia is rising up to the surface now, alot of people love it.
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« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2004, 01:53:00 am »
Yes, good for company\'s that have an established website and brand, but awful for the rest of us who need SEO and whatnot...  If people are not going to find your site by opening up their browser and typeing www.yourdomain.com, but rather have to search to find it, flash isn\'t for you.
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« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2004, 11:59:00 pm »
Flash doesn\'t sound like a good idea to me. People likely won\'t wait for it to load, and they might think it a little weird/suspicious looking, since most e-commerce sites don\'t use flash. Someone mentioned Nike uses it and uses it well, but not many people are Nike... they can get away with it. Really there is no need for Flash.
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