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Ad Agency Faux Pas

Ad agencies, the primary advocates for building website home pages in Adobe Flash have yet to grasp the full implications of their position vis-a-vis search engines.

Case in point.

While researching a list of local business listings in Google Places, I discovered the following “business description” and expanded web site view or lack thereof.

The business description?

“This content requires the Macromedia Flash Player. Get Flash”

Content Requires Macromedia Flash Player

Content Requires Macromedia Flash Player

Hopefully the above referenced advertising agency doesn’t promote internet savvy as their core competency.

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This entry was posted on January 9, 2011 at 4:43 pm and is filed under Ad Agency Faux Pas, Google Places. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Ad Agency Faux Pas”

  1. Ksiazka Says:
    January 18, 2011 at 6:10 pm | Reply

    Ksiazka…

    I have a Sony Reader and I’ m having increasing problems buying books in the UK. Yesterday I wanted the new Russell Brand book and searched all my usual sites. The American ones wouldn’ t sell to me, Waterstones website is horrendous and so badly coded…

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