Framed (Masked) Web Forwarding - any problems with Search Engines?

I know that frames are generally frowned on and can create problems with
search engines.

Do these issues apply to framed (masked) web forwarding?

OldWiseMan wrote:

> I know that frames are generally frowned on and can create problems with
> search engines.
>
> Do these issues apply to framed (masked) web forwarding?

In general, yes it can confuse the search engine if there is a frame that
shows another page. Why would the search engine index the other page to
show up in the original page?

There is no need for this anyway with cheap VPS hosts that allow you ot run
your own web server.


gtoomey

"OldWiseMan" <oldwiseman999@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I know that frames are generally frowned on and can create problems with
> search engines.
>
> Do these issues apply to framed (masked) web forwarding?
>
>

Yes, I have about 20 websites, all of which used framed forwarding, for over
a year I tried to get them submitted to search engines and had problems with
them indexing the wrong pages (i.e. the content and not the frame), and
lot's of sites just been ignored.

I switched to web hosting that offers proper virtual servers, and within 2
months 90% of my sites had been spidered and my web logs show people finding
my sites from search engines.

Simon
www.ReallyCheapUnlocking.co.uk

"OldWiseMan" <oldwiseman999@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Thanks guys, that's what I was afraid of