Comments on: Does Google Index the Content in iFrames?

By: Michael Walls

Michael Walls — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:36:23 +0000

I ended up on this page because I was befuddled that a page consisting of a blog, nested in an iFrame is not only a top page for a client site, but in Google’s top ten for that search term.

I was pretty much under the impression that what is ststed above by Google was gospel. However, much of what I know I learned by being observant. There is copious linkage, via a sidenav on the blog – but that is within the iFrame tags. Go Figger!

By: crashsystems

crashsystems — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:56:50 +0000

If you are ever wondering what will or will not get indexed by a search engine, just imagine that you are a blind Internet user (yes, they do exist). Indexers are, after all, quite blind. Therefore, if your site is standards complaint and easily accessible to those with visual impairments, then you are indexer friendly.

If you want to see what your site looks like to the indexer, and have ether OSX or Linux, open up your terminal, and type “w3m http://mysite.com” and press enter. w3m is a command line web browser. Since it is text only, it closely emulates what a indexer can “see.”

By: Alex Costa

Alex Costa — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:36:31 +0000

I have a Blog with a godaddy free hosting. I use the Google/Yahoo and LiveSearch webmaster tools and none of them report any crawl errors, they haven’t even acknowledged the iFrame.