Is SEO an Extra Skill or a Prerequisite When Designing a Website?

September 26, 2007

Forum member "rolf" told the community of a website design company that
created a brand-new site completely in Flash for a client, even though the
client expressed an interest in having the website found in the search
engines.  

He goes on to ask, "...is it the web designer's responsibility to make sure
they understand SEO themselves and explain the issues to their customer, or
is it the customer's responsibility to decide if SEO is an important factor,
and find out if their web designer knows about it?"

There's a poll and a great discussion here.