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Frames Source Code

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Rhys

10:22 am on Feb 4, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Hi -
I maintain a Framed site on a sub-domain, and can't get Google to show a "Description" in the cache or in the SERP's.

Have been investigating and find this wierd situation/;

Although the index.htm file has Meta tags and Noframe tags complete with content and navigation, and when I check the "View Source" on my computer with a browser it displays the proper code - however - when I do this online, I get a "Source Code" that is nothing like mine, and has no detail.
E.G.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd"> <HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>myframesite.org</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<FRAMESET ROWS="100%,*">
<FRAME NAME="top" SRC="http://mymainsite.com/highwayministries/" NORESIZE FRAMEBORDER=0 >
<NOFRAMES> <BODY>
<P><I>This document requires a browser that can view frames.</I></P><P><a href="http://mymainsite.com/highwayministries/">Click Here</a> to view the page.
</BODY>
</NOFRAMES>
</FRAMESET>
</HTML>

This is pure invetion, and not my code....
?
This is true for 3 different browsers.

RonPK

2:03 pm on Feb 4, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Rhys,
Your own frameset is framed by the one you quoted. I suppose you've got a domain name with a 'cloaked URL' service, which keeps the domain name in the browser's address bar but shows pages from a different domain.

Solution: get a real hosting account ;)

Rhys

7:42 pm on Feb 4, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



RonPK -
I suspect you are on the right track as to the cause, but this is (as you can deduce from the above code) a sub-domain on my MyOwnSite.com. It is indeed a "Real Hosting Account"

I am at a loss to see where any "cloaking" could be involved - apart from the fact that the whole point of using frames on a sub-domain is to keep the sub-domain URL displayed as the address.

Any more suggestions?

RonPK

8:19 pm on Feb 4, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



The index page on myframesite.org contains the frameset you quoted.

That frameset consists of one (1) frame, which contains ht*p://mymainsite.com/highwayministries/

h*tp://mymainsite.com/highwayministries/ is another frameset, the one with metatags and noframes-text.

So, if you want the metatags to show up on myframesite.org, copy the index file from mymainsite.com/highwayministries/ to myframesite.org

Rhys

8:32 pm on Feb 4, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Hey Magic - WWorld has done it again for me.

That was the right clue RonPK, I looked at the redirection set-up at the DNServer, and found a tick in a "Cloaking" box. Also found a place to edit the Tags and NoFrame message, so now the "View Source" shows the correct info.

That has been bugging me for weeks, not having a description show in the SERPs or in the cache

Thanks again - Rhys

;)