Comments on: Splash Pages Are So 2000-Late http://visualharmonydesign.com/blog/website-design/splash-pages-are-so-2000-late/ Features articles about web design, new web technologies and services and other miscellaneous topics. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:36:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Daryn St. Pierre http://visualharmonydesign.com/blog/website-design/splash-pages-are-so-2000-late/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Daryn St. Pierre Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:28:41 +0000 http://visualharmonydesign.com/blog/?p=14#comment-127 I agree with you on this. I always try to steer people away from the idea when they want a splash page. I think one of the main reasons I try to persuade people not to want one is because most of the time the splash page acts as a shield for search engines. How often does the content on a splash page change? Usually the answer is never. Thus search engines index the splash page, see that 6 months later the content is stale and the page gets kicked down the ranks. It's just plain bad for SEO. I remember one time trying to steer someone away from doing a splash for their website, but they were insistent on having it. Then a few months later they came back to me and asked why their search engine rank dropped considerably. They went from having the home page having tons of great relevant content, to having a fancy image with some bullet points and an enter button; none of which ever changed. I agree with you on this. I always try to steer people away from the idea when they want a splash page. I think one of the main reasons I try to persuade people not to want one is because most of the time the splash page acts as a shield for search engines. How often does the content on a splash page change? Usually the answer is never. Thus search engines index the splash page, see that 6 months later the content is stale and the page gets kicked down the ranks. It’s just plain bad for SEO.

I remember one time trying to steer someone away from doing a splash for their website, but they were insistent on having it. Then a few months later they came back to me and asked why their search engine rank dropped considerably. They went from having the home page having tons of great relevant content, to having a fancy image with some bullet points and an enter button; none of which ever changed.

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