Frames were a popular way to design websites a number of years ago. A typical framed Web page is made up of three or more files instead of the standard one file that makes up non-framed Web pages. In a typical framed web page, there are one or more files for the main body content, one or more files for the navigation, and one main file to link the other two or more files together into a Web page (the assembler frame).
When someone visits your site, they are presented with the Main Frame (or assembler) which is downloaded into their browser. Their browser reads the code in that file and then sends a second and third request back to your server for the two additional files. Once the additional files are received, the visitor’s browser assembles the page.
When a search engine spider visits your framed web page, it also sees the Main Frame (assembler) file, which is used to link frames together. Unfortunately, the links from the main frame page (the stitching page) to the included frames pages (the body and navigation pages) are created using SRC links instead of HREF links. So all the search engines see is the code used to assemble your frame pages, not your content or navigation.
To find out whether your website is built on frame technology, go to your website. Place the mouse pointer on your web page. Right click the mouse and select “View source”. What you are seeing is the code that search engines see when they index your site.
