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Re: Iframe - does google index inframes ?

  • Subject: Re: Iframe - does google index inframes ?
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:13:05 +0000
  • Newsgroups: alt.internet.search-engines
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
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__/ [ Stacey ] on Monday 13 March 2006 16:29 \__

> "T.J." <no1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:dv449s$fsj$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:dv3dnp$v59$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> __/ [ John Bokma ] on Monday 13 March 2006 09:12 \__
>>>
>>>> David <seodave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> No, the iFrame content (the HTML page you'll have the image within) is
>>>>> not seen by spiders.
>>>>
>>>> That's new to me, and I can't think of any reason why it can't be seen,
>>>> since I can write a spider in 10 minutes that has no problem in doing
>>>> so,
>>>> I mean:
>>>>
>>>> <iframe src="pages.html"
>>>>              ^^^^^^^^^^
>>>>
>>>> it's not that hard to follow such a thingy, and hence I doubt this
>>>> statement :-D. (WB BTW)
>>>
>>> I suspect that David may be right. I have just tested the following page
>>> for
>>> iframes indexing with Google.
>>>
>>> http://www.schestowitz.com/wp2-test/
>>>
>>> The outcome was negative despite the PageRank 2, which should have been
>>> sufficient to warrant indexing. I think a larger experiment is needed to
>>> confirm this...
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Roy
>>>
>>
>> Just look at the "cached text" only view of the page.
>> In my view that is one of the most important of the
>> Google features.
>>
>> http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:http://www.classic-literature.co. ...
>uk/bram-stoker/dracula/&hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLJ,GGLJ:2006-05,GGLJ:en&strip=1
> 
> 
> Yep, I used this feature a lot to see if Google is picking up something.
> Another would be just do a search
> http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLG%2CGGLG%3A2005 ...
> -40%2CGGLG%3Aen&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.classic-literature.co.uk%2Fbram-stoker 
> %2Fdracula%2F+%22Page+02%22&btnG=Search
> . It is clearly not picking it up on that page.

Interesting observation, guys. I have just learned something new. I might
advise against the use of iframes in WordPress next time the topic gets
raised and discussed. They used to be some PR dilution issues.

Best wishes,

Roy

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