Planning to put up a Flash website soon?

May 28
07:39

2012

Shailendra Singh1

Shailendra Singh1

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Flash is indeed an intriguing technology when it comes to adding interactivity and flashy graphics to a website, right?

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You can do a whole lot of new things with Flash. However,Planning to put up a Flash website soon? Articles Flash, like any other web designer’s tool, has some drawbacks as well, which should be considered before putting up a flash website on Internet.

Though there is no denying the fact that there are some things on the web that can only be done effectively with Flash, it’s advised not to use it everywhere on your site (unless it is damn important). Using Flash can prove a risky affair as some customers are immediately put off the moment they come across a Flash site. Then, there is the saga of search-engines as well (which are more supportive to flash sites these days than they used to be). Search engines like Google still find it very difficult to index a Flash site and get them rank high on search-engine result pages (SEPRs).

To avoid many of the drawbacks that come with Flash, make sure to hire the services of a professional flash web design company. And, since there are hundreds (if not thousands) of web design companies around, you should not face much of trouble in finding an ideal company for your site. However, finalize a company only when you are convinced of its capabilities, after going through its portfolio. Never hand over the job to a company/agency until you are sure of its capabilities.

If you already don’t know one such company, you can find a few good ones by typing your query, ‘Flash Web Design Company in New Delhi’ in Google’s search box. Once you press the Enter key, a list of web design companies will appear on your desktop screen.

Bandwidth and speed limitations are also something that may distract your users on the site. Flash applications and sites can be very large in size and take time to download. This may irritate the users and make them switch to other sites in no time. So, it is damn important that designers work very hard to optimize flash so that these issues don’t crop up once the site goes live.

An experienced flash web design company trouble shoots all these petty (but, annoying) issues before making the site live. If you are planning to put up a Flash-based site, make sure a creative web designing company is doing the job and not you.