Technical SEO testing: How Googlebot handles iframes
Here are some test scenarios that may lead Google to index the content inside an iFrame, while assigning that content to its parent URL.
Topic: Iframe
Google adds new robots tag indexifembedded
This new robots tag lets you define if you want your content indexed when it's embedded through iframes or other means.
Overlay / Floater
An Overlay (or Floater as they are known in the US) is an ad unit that appears as a kind of pop-up within the page the user is viewing. They can vary in size but are usually only allowed to appear for 15-30 seconds before they automatically close (unless a user interacts with them). This […]
728×90 – Leaderboard
A leaderboard is a display ad unit 728 pixels wide by 90 pixels tall. The 728×90 is commonly called a leaderboard, but it is also known as a Leaderboard Banner or Super Banner. A 728×90 ad is usually placed at the top of a webpage so that it is seen immediately when the page loads. […]
Preparing My Site
When making your own website you are free to design it however you want. If you try to be too different, however (and for example put your menu on the bottom of each page), you will soon learn that people will feel confused and your traffic will struggle as a result. This is because the […]
StumbleUpon Kills Direct Links, iFrames Everything
Story Update: February 3, 2012 – StumbleUpon Responds To Concerns About Links & Iframing StumbleUpon, who happens to be one of the more popular and successful social media sites with over 20 million users (doubling from 10 million in about a year and a half), recently launched one of the biggest redesigns I can remember… basically […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 13, 2011
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Facebook IPO Coming In 2012, Could Be Worth $100 Billion Everyone knows that Facebook is going public. When was the only question. Now it appears that it will be early next […]
Google Bans iFrames for AdSense, Though Says It Will Grant Exceptions
Google has tweaked its policies for placing AdSense ads to curb abuse, going so far as to forbid the placement of its code in iFrames. Though the company acknowledges there are some valid uses of iFrames, it will require publishers using them to be explicitly granted an exception by Google. The policy change is likely […]
Google Tweaks AdSense Code To Speed Loads
Google is making good on promises it made to speed its AdSense code, rolling out an overhaul aimed at relieving the drag on publishers’ Web pages. The company estimates that its helping pages load faster by a half a second or more, when, previously, Google acknowledged that its code could delay page loads by 12 […]
Blekko Offers New Linkroll Widget & More Publisher Tools
Blekko has expanded its publisher/marketer outreach with two new tools and a dedicated Blekkogear page for those and other publisher offerings. One of the new tools is the Live Link Roll (shown at right as a screenshot), which is a widget that displays a site’s most recent inbound links “as they happen in realtime,” Blekko […]
Wolfram|Alpha Query Widget Builder
Wolfram|Alpha, the fact engine has released a neat new feature today. Wolfram|Alpha is allowing anyone to build query driven widgets that can be embedded on any web page. The purpose is to enable publishers, bloggers, professors, teachers and so on to easily build quick widgets to add to their content and materials. You can build […]
Digg To Shut Down Its Toolbar, Unban Domains
SEOs (and probably a lot of others, too) are celebrating with today’s news that Digg will shutter its toolbar and unban all previously banned domains. Digg’s new CEO, Kevin Rose, says the changes will happen with the upcoming relaunch of Digg.com. The DiggBar launched almost exactly a year ago, and was immediately met with criticism […]
Collecta Widget Brings Real-Time Search Results To Any Site
Collecta has announced the availability of a new widget that allows any webmaster/blogger to show real-time search results on a web page. The widget builder is available now at widget.collecta.com, and includes several customization options including widget title, header background image, and even use of an external CSS file. It appears that the size of […]