Is there any SEO Use for <NOFRAMES>

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Netizen, Dec 25, 2005.

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    According to my site logs, 100% of my visitors have FRAMES enabled. Therefore, the NOFRAMES tag is useless to site visitors.

    I have previously read where keyword stuffing in the NOFRAMES tag could invoke a penalty. This is an old SEO trick than the SEs caught onto long ago.

    I am currently developing a site that has frames (don't bother to scold me - I already know). Is there anything legitimate that I can put in the NOFRAMES tag that might help for SEO without appearing to be deceptive or spammy?
     
    Netizen, Dec 25, 2005 IP
  2. wrmineo

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    Even if 100% of your visitors have frames enabled, I think it is still important to have them, even if it's a message that to view this site without frames, visit these links - it's an accessibility issue if nothing else.
     
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    Maybe yu can place a link for every frame u use and also a little no-spammy description of that page.
     
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    This is the W3C suggestion for using NOFRAMES:

    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd">
    <HTML>
    <HEAD>
    <TITLE>A frameset document with NOFRAMES</TITLE>
    </HEAD>
    <FRAMESET cols="50%, 50%">
    <FRAME src="main.html">
    <FRAME src="table_of_contents.html">
    <NOFRAMES>
    <P>Here is the <A href="main-noframes.html">
    non-frame based version of the document.</A>
    </NOFRAMES>
    </FRAMESET>
    </HTML>

    A link to another page seems legit. Since I am framing an external page, I could include a link to that external page. A link back to the referring page might be contrued as a reciprocal. Perhaps a link to my index page?
     
    Netizen, Dec 25, 2005 IP