Do Framed Documents Get PR?

[dirkz]

Very basic question:

...
<frameset>
<frame src="blub.html">
<frame src="sitemap.html">
</frameset>
...

The page containing this has a PR5.
Will the framed documents, blub.html and sitemap.html, gain PR just by being framed by the master document?

They are not linked from anywhere, just framed.

[doc_z]

Yes, all pages of the frameset will receive PR.

[dirkz]

Thanks!

So it is good (in terms of PR) to be linked by blub.html?

[doc_z]

Yes, of course. There is no difference compared to non-frame pages.

However, I wouldn't use invisible frames.

[BigDave]

There is often a huge advantage in getting linked from a framed page. In many cases all the internal navigation is done in other frames. You might end up with the only link off of what was once a dead end page.

[cleverett]

We had a framed site w/ a PR7 home page, and almost all the other pages having PR6. Most of the pages lived in the root directory. Basically the site was divided into 2 frames: navigation bar on the left hand side, content on the right.

Changed to no-frames with a new design, and most of the pages stuck in one of 4 directories. Home page PR went to 6, internal pages have no PR (white bar) at all.

We flattened the directory structure. Still waiting to see what happens.