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Today’s podcast Episode 007 entitled Flash versus XHTML Websites presents advice for small business owners who are considering flash for a new website design. The special effects using flash have zero seo or search engine optimization value.

Flash is appropriate in some designs. Listen to this podcast to learn more to help you in your decisions about flash versus XHTML website design. Here’s today’s outline:

• A history of flash and XHTML for website design
• One client project and my philosophy of flash
• The 100% flash based website design disaster
• Why the flash used for this podcast is different
• Creating special effects in XHTML with CSS
• The website quick tip of the day

0:00:00 Podcast Theme Music and Introduction
0:00:45 Main Topic – Flash versus XHTML Websites
0:10:31 Tip of the Day – Simulating Flash for Slide Shows or Animation
0:12:27 Podcast Outro Theme Music and Credits
0:12:57 End of Small Business Website Mailbag Podcast 007

Referenced links:
Photo gallery in XHTML to demonstrate speed and efficiency simulating flash
Sample home page gif animation slide show to replace flash

As a final point of interest, more than 50% of all internet users are on dialup. The percentage of your visitors upgrading to high speed is growing quickly as service providers drop prices due to competition. Having 75% of users on high speed may take 3-5 years, or more. Meanwhile, small business website owners who use flash only may discourage or chase away half their potential customers because of intolerable load time for flash content.