Re: frames compatibility

Paul,

Would that still hold true with a framed site that had (comprehensive) <.NO
FRAMES> content?

Just wondering . . .

Fuzzy.




At 11:23 AM 11/28/00 -0500, Paul Wilson wrote:
>> Could someone please tell me which of the older browsers don't
>> support frames? I'm trying to talk a client out of using them and I
>> need some stats.
>
>Too many to mention, many early browsers were incapable.  The real problem
>is with search engine spidering of the website.
>
>Besides making the website a lot more confusing to manage and raising his
>costs, he needs to know that some search engines cannot and will not index
>or spider this websight.  See http://www.laisha.com/excite.html  for
>background.   Excite & Lycos will not index frames.  Infoseek has trouble
>with frames.  There are probably more.
>
>When we first built our main website, we used frames and had a dickens of a
>time getting it registered.  I found mention of the frames problem and
>converted the website to non-frame and we started showing up almost
>immediatly.  Our personal experience shows this is not a myth, we proved it.
>
>Paul Wilson
>webgooru(at)gte.net
>
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