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> From: Gerry Ott[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 6:06 PM
>
>
> Hi All:
>
> So, I get the message that frames is/are not always compatible with
> the
> workings of search engines.
>
Hi, Gerry: I *believe* that if you have a link inside <NOFRAMES>
</NOFRAMES> that the robot can follow -- that this is NOT the case. If
the robot can follow it, it will do so. *HOWEVER* the robot is following
the non-framed version of the site.
> Is the answer then to open a site with a
> non-frames page containing the meta tags, and then either redirecting
> to
> the frames opening page or providing a url to start the frames opening
> page?
>
Perhaps the answer is to figure out *why* you're using frames in the
first place. <smile> Seriously, I believe that many framed sites could
be simplified a lot (http://www.ual.com/ - uhg) because instead of
reducing server load, they're increasing it (ie, replacing content in
each frame, in the case of UAL, four I think, with many of the links).
> Or is that too simplistic an approach? And, BTW, why aren't the
> search engine-eers remedying this situation? Frames is/are here to
> stay, like it or not. I personally like frames for certain situations.
>
>
See http://www.W3C.org/ for frames recommendations in the 4.0 spec. Yes,
they are "here to stay" -- but there are caveats to make framed sites
universally accessible.
kathy
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