How do search engines handle frames?

[Mike Burdick]

How do search engines handle frames? My index web page has two frames, one for the menu and the other frame that contains the body. I just noticed that google only picks up the body page and leaves the menu off. What can I do to prevent this?

Thanks in advance...Mike

[pawky]

frames are bad for search engines and should just not be used at all. Instead you should use CSS and SSI (server side include)

[Mike Burdick]

pawky,

I'm not all that familiar with CSS. Can one still have a menu that keeps to the top as the user scrolls down the page like a frame does?

- Mike