using iframe (bad for seo?)

[Captainkewl]

Hey everyone. I am using a service called shoutmix for people to add comments to my site. The code looks like this: <div id="comments">
<!-- Begin ShoutMix - http://www.shoutmix.com -->
<iframe title="Captainkewl" src="http://www6.shoutmix.com/?Captainkewl" width="700" height="400" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto">
<a href="http://www6.shoutmix.com/?Captainkewl">View shoutbox</a>
</iframe>
<!-- End ShoutMix -->
</div>
I was wondering when google crawls my site, will it be able to pick up the comments (changing content) since it is using iframe?

The site is http://free-webpage-templates.net

Thanks.

[Christophe27]

Hi,

Never work with frames! These are a big nono in SEO!

Best,
Christophe

[Haze1434]

Anything in an iFrame is omitted from search engine results... it simply won't find any content that is inside an iFrame when it searches your pages.

Try researching the #include command, or alternatively the javascript equivilent of includes.

However, it may not be possible to use includes with the script for your comments section.
If it is a free comments area, you may not be able to avoid having it as an iFrame, and therefore users cannot search via any of the comments posted on your site.

[silverline]

Never use inframe instead use php's include function for the same purpose

[ArtphotoasiA]

forget about........ I was used to use frames.... no more.... SEO hate those

[johnalex]

Do not use iframes. Search engine can not read contents of iframe. Iframes are not good not bad because search engine can noi read iframes.

[ShopDownLite]

Don't use iframe tag, it is not SEO friendly, google will not crawl your site frequently, please read google web master guidelines for more details.