I want to develop a web application in Silverlight.
Can this reduce my web traffic and if so, how much ?
I want to develop a web application in Silverlight. Can this reduce my web
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I want to develop a web application in Silverlight.
Can this reduce my web traffic and if so, how much ?
I guess it really depends on who your target audience is.
If your users would want to access your site using a smartphone, they won’t be able with Silverlight.
If a significant portion of your audience uses Linux they may not be able to access your site.
If your site is interesting enough and your customers don’t fall into the two previous categories, they will install the plug-in if they haven’t already.
However, don’t forget the crawlers from search engines cannot read inside a Sillverlight application. If you want to be referenced by them, you might have to use some artifices like “hiding” bot-readable text behind your Silverlight application.
Silverlight itself may not decrease your traffic (depending on your audience), but a bad referencing sure can hurt you.