Using Web Applications for SEO

[RocketBanner]

I am in the sign/banner business, for years I have had a flash based web application that I developed which allows customers to design their own signs/banners online.  With the demise of flash i am prompted to begin developing an HTML5 based application to take it's place.  Developing this software is a rather expensive endeavor so many local sign shops, which don't sell on the web, don't bother to develop such an application, but what if i gave it to them?  I assume a fair amount would find great value in such an application thereby allowing their clients to communicate a design idea without having to drive to the store front.  The application would actually run embedded on my site thus earning me a link back to my site.

Question is this: Is this a bad idea.  If dozens of sign shops are running my application embedded on their sites will the help or hurt me?

Thanks.

[dotfly]

Why do you think that this will "hurt" you?

I mean you provide a very useful tool for other webmasters and their visitors.

The only thing you have to keep in mind is that you might need a lot of ressources to keep the system running. If your tool is embedded and needs to work with the original source, you need a powerful server to handle all those requests...

nothing is more annoying than a helpful tool which doesn`t work