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By: Stuart Foster

Stuart Foster — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:52:46 +0000

Thanks Grace. Interesting site (and not bad for a 36 hour job).

I do think some SEO and social foresight could have taken the experience to another level though…

They don't even have any meta titles, descriptions or keywords…

By: AdamPieniazek

AdamPieniazek — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:36:04 +0000

But it's a highly annoying flash banner that servers no purposes other than to blink and flash. It's almost worse that the banner is Flash instead of the whole site being Flash as that banner serves no purpose other than to annoy and seems tacked on to give it some glitz, which it doesn't do.

Plus, the header is one of the most important parts of a site, why Flash it up for no good reason?

By: Oscar

Oscar — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:28:25 +0000

its all html except for a flash banner

By: Grace Boyle

Grace Boyle — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:01:08 +0000

This is an awesome post. Crispin is here in Boulder and I have friends who are full-time and also interns there. I love what they've done with this push. It shows they care about their interns and also are bringing something viral to the table (with their name attached to it). Creative people, I tell ya.

You bring up some great points and I think that less microsite and more hub is important.

By: AdamPieniazek

AdamPieniazek — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:49:57 +0000

And the second main reason to not use Flash? It's not needed. Javascript can do much of what Flash does nowadays.

Flash has its place, making a blinking flashing logo is not one of them.

By: Stuart Foster

Stuart Foster — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:03:24 +0000

Exactly. If it can't be seen on a mobile…who cares?

By: Bill Shander

Bill Shander — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:31:34 +0000

And the main reason not to use Flash? It won't work on the iPhone (or most mobile devices) which is where so much “social media snacking” is happening. If I click into a Twitter post on my iPhone and it's a Flash site, I see nothing. So I leave. And I almost never go back to that site again. Don't blink (or use Flash) or you'll miss me!

By: Stuart Foster

Stuart Foster — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:52:46 +0000

Thanks Grace. Interesting site (and not bad for a 36 hour job).

I do think some SEO and social foresight could have taken the experience to another level though…

They don't even have any meta titles, descriptions or keywords…

By: AdamPieniazek

AdamPieniazek — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:36:04 +0000

Plus, the header is one of the most important parts of a site, why Flash it up for no good reason?