Search engines ignore me. Is it my frames??

[smiffy47]

I've set up a couple of wee websites (first attempts) and one in particular is doing its job just fine, but search engines do not seem to have noticed it, after about 9 months. I understand that this may be because I have used a Frames format. Is that likely, and how do get noticed? Surely plenty of websites uses Frames. I may avoid Frames in the future, but I still need to get this current website more visible. Any help? Or where can I read about it?

 

[ChrisHirst]

SE crawlers do not like frames unless you do a lot of work to them.

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Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?

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So long, and thanks for all the fish.

 

[fizzak]

You need to add <noframes> content.

Go to Modify>Frames>No Frames Content. Add a basic nav bar and your content, metatags etc. Do this with every page.
Engines will see all of your site instead of just the banner or whatever.

 

[RexxSysProg]

Is this same FRAME problem with crawlers also an issue with pages containing IFRAMES but that don't contain any regular FRAMES?

 

[ChrisHirst]

Yep Iframes can also be a problem for SE crawlers.



Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?

http://www.candsdesign.co.uk

A website that proves the cobblers kids adage.

http://www.cram-system.com

Nightclub counting systems

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

 

[smiffy47]

It's me again. Thanks for the help so far. I notice that when I do a google "the web" search certain pages of my website appear. Great. But I live in England and when I do a google "pages from UK" search the site does not seem to appear. The site does not have "uk" in the address. It is simply ".org". How might I get google to reconize this as a UK site?

 

[smiffy47]

re. previous message.
the webiste concerned is:

http://www.abclassicyachts.org

 

[ChrisHirst]

to appear in UK only searches needs;

To be hosted on a UK IP and/or to have a UK tld plus a few other minor points can help

Research article from Ian McAnerin (HR Mod) Only in Canada, eh? about .ca but equally valid for others, and a HighRankings Thread discussing the article.


Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?

http://www.candsdesign.co.uk

A website that proves the cobblers kids adage.

http://www.cram-system.com

Nightclub counting systems

So long, and thanks for all the fish.