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This post is in response to a question from my NAB 2006 Presentation post.

There are many theories on how to do this. The HGTVPro application does not yet use this method, but it should The easiest way to achieve Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in Flash is to provide a link in the HTML to an index page listing all of the videos/data that are in the Flash application. The index page should have descriptive links such as the actual title of the video. A description under the link would also help. The liks should then point back to the Flash page with query string parameters attached to the end of the url. The link would look something like this (http://www.myFlashVideoApp.com?videoID=3265&title=3%20Stud%20Corners). The HTML page which holds the Flash application should have simple JavaScript that can pull the parameter values from the url and pass them to the Flash Object through FlashVars. A simple way to do this is to use SWFObject (formerly known as FlashObject).

I hope this helps. Let me know if you want to discuss this further.

Thanks to all that attended the sessions. It was great to see so many faces and hear all of the great questions. Please post any additional comments or questions you may have about the presentation. Thanks again.

I just recieved a copy of the Flash 8 Cookbook written by Joey Lott. I’m a little excited about this book because I helped out on it as a technical editor. This is my first experience with the book industry and it’s nice to see your name in print. I know I’m biased to this, but I highly recommend this book. You can get it here. If you find any technical errors in the book, then I probably didn’t work on those chapters. I hope you enjoy the book.

I turned 29 today. I have to say that this was a pretty good birthday. My family came down from Kentucky and we celibrated two birthdays; mine and my little brother’s who turned 17 on March 28th. I got two very nice gifts today; a tool chest and a 6MB digital camera. Now I can keep the garage a little cleaner and I won’t have to take pictures on my cellphone. I should have some nice pics to post when I go to Vegas for NAB the end of April.

Happy Birthday to me!