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Frames
Make no mistake, using frame pages in your web design
is trouble.
To
better understand why, you must remember how a spider works. Spiders
only see one page at a time. They start at the top and read until
they reach the bottom. When a spider reaches a frames page, it will
only see the master page. If the spider cannot read the complete
page, you will not be indexed properly. Even if the spider grabs
some text from the main page, frames will give the spider a hard
time continuing on through your site and reading all of your pages
Some spiders may not even read a frames web site.
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Sending
spiders away is not a good idea when it comes to search engine optimization.
Even worse, really old browsers cannot read frames pages at all.
If they come to your site, they will receive a message that says,
“sorry, you need a frames browser to view this site”.
Once again, why take chances? There are still quite a few people
surfing around on older computers. Not everyone is running out and
up-grading to current technology every six months. If your site
is in frames, there are a few tricks that can be used with meta
tags to help the spiders index the frames better.
Personally,
I have tried them with a few clients and don’t think they
work all that well. If you absolutely cannot redo your site at this
moment, try using the tricks I describe in the meta tag section.
However, you are far better off redoing your site if you really
want top ranking. I have never seen a frames built site achieve
top positioning with any search engine. If you have not built your
site yet, do not let anyone talk you into using frames. If you cant
redo your existing site, refer to the frames section in the Meta
tags chapter.
Frames overview
1. Avoid them, older browsers cannot see frame pages.
2. Search engines do not like them and may not index
your information properly.
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