One of the hope for goals of the project is to make it easier for search engines to find the site, especially one of the key features of the site - the nicknamed 'Tube Map' which can found at sites.google.com/site/emknorg/home/map . This map provides a route through the services the partner universities provide. "The services are divided into eight categories, or tube lines . You can navigate these by clicking on the menu of services above, or by looking around the map, and clicking on the tube stops . This will reveal the services that our universities offer, along with contact details and case studies." EMKN website So one of the elements that has been consideration to improve the chances of picking this important feature of the site, is using image maps instead of Flash from Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) point of view. Two key reasons for moving over to an image map instead of an interactive flash version: 1. Searchbots such as Google s...
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