Problem with search engine results and frames

Hi

I have a problem caused when searching for my company in a search engine,
whereby the result only returns a page within my site and not the home page.

What's happening is that because my site uses frames, and because the search
engine doesn't return the home page, the user only sees the contents of the
main body which ought to appear in a frame.

Is this a common problem, and one which I can easily work around?

Thanks for any advice.

Sandy

Sandy Jones wrote :
> Hi
>
> I have a problem caused when searching for my company in a search engine,
> whereby the result only returns a page within my site and not the home page.
>
> What's happening is that because my site uses frames, and because the search
> engine doesn't return the home page, the user only sees the contents of the
> main body which ought to appear in a frame.
>
> Is this a common problem, and one which I can easily work around?
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> Sandy

Have you considered rebuilding your site without frames?
Unfortunately, this problem you have described is a reason that most
new sites do not use frames. There is not much you can do to fix this
otherwise.

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freeball

Previously in alt.www.webmaster, Sandy Jones <a3198321@fjsfhksfs.com>
said:

> What's happening is that because my site uses frames, and because the search
> engine doesn't return the home page, the user only sees the contents of the
> main body which ought to appear in a frame.

http://www.htmlhelp.com/design/frames/whatswrong.html
http://html-faq.com/htmlframes/?framesareevil
http://dorward.me.uk/www/frames/
http://www.google.com/webmasters/2.html (see under "Your page uses
frames")
http://www.markparnell.com.au/articles/frames.php

> Is this a common problem,

Yes. Google even warns you about it. See the link above.

> and one which I can easily work around?

Simple. Redesign the site without frames.

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Mark Parnell
http://www.clarkecomputers.com.au

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Mark Parnell wrote:

> Previously in alt.www.webmaster, Sandy Jones <a3198321@fjsfhksfs.com>
> said:
>
> > What's happening is that because my site uses frames, and because the search
> > engine doesn't return the home page, the user only sees the contents of the
> > main body which ought to appear in a frame.
>
> http://www.htmlhelp.com/design/frames/whatswrong.html
> http://html-faq.com/htmlframes/?framesareevil
> http://dorward.me.uk/www/frames/
> http://www.google.com/webmasters/2.html (see under "Your page uses
> frames")
> http://www.markparnell.com.au/articles/frames.php

and: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~af380/protest2.html

(Used to replace my home page for a day or two every once in a while.)

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