Flash and SEO for Ecommerce Web Design

Hi
I am working with a web design company in the UK and was wondering if there are any indications of when Flash could be recognised by Google?
This is a major issue as the design features are fantastic but SEO is a nightmare.
I would love to introduce it within our ecommerce web design solutions, but only when the issue is resolved.
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In SEO terms, content is king. Basically, if you have no HTML headings and text on your web pages, there's nothing much for search engines to grab onto. No content = no traffic.
Flash is invisible to SEs, translators, screen readers, iPhones/iPads, and many other web devices. To support the widest possible audience, you might want to re-think your need for Flash and switch to HTML. Almost anything you can do with Flash can be done reasonably well with jQuery (JavaScript) http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/
Your other option is SWF Object Replacement along with HTML equivalents for SEs and devices that don't support Flash.
http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/
Google's SEO Starter Guide (PDF)
http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.p df.
Good luck with your project,
Nancy O.
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