Comments on: Widgets – iframe vs. inline http://prettyprint.me/2009/05/30/widgets-iframe-vs-inline/ by Ran Tavory Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:40:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: rantav http://prettyprint.me/2009/05/30/widgets-iframe-vs-inline/comment-page-1/#comment-21 rantav Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:06:36 +0000 http://prettyprint.me/?p=71#comment-21 The answer re what search engines would do actually depends on the search engine itself and different engines may behave differently. My bet is that search engines currently don't index javascript generated content at all (although I read that google is experimenting this) and if your widget is javascript generated, as many widgets are, then your content is not indexed no matter if it's an iframe or not. If your widget isn't javascript generated (it's generated on the server side, such as a wordpress plugin) then my *bet* is that google would associate any iframe content to the actual page it's included at and not to your server. Again, this is partially guess work and is really up to the search engine to decide on that. The answer re what search engines would do actually depends on the search engine itself and different engines may behave differently.
My bet is that search engines currently don’t index javascript generated content at all (although I read that google is experimenting this) and if your widget is javascript generated, as many widgets are, then your content is not indexed no matter if it’s an iframe or not.
If your widget isn’t javascript generated (it’s generated on the server side, such as a wordpress plugin) then my *bet* is that google would associate any iframe content to the actual page it’s included at and not to your server. Again, this is partially guess work and is really up to the search engine to decide on that.

]]> By: Forest http://prettyprint.me/2009/05/30/widgets-iframe-vs-inline/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Forest Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:09:38 +0000 http://prettyprint.me/?p=71#comment-20 I'm just conjuring up the idea of building a widget for my niche. If I produced this as an iframe widget and the widget it would simply be called a php page that I created that is the widget.... So will the hyperlinks in that iframed php page be read by the search engine as coming from the origin of the iframe or from the page hosting the widget? I basically wanted to know if I got 1000 people to install my widget that had a link back to my site, would I get 1000 new backlinks or would they not be counted because they are within an iframe? I started to look at an inline javascript widget and it's just too much for me!! Php seems easier. I’m just conjuring up the idea of building a widget for my niche.

If I produced this as an iframe widget and the widget it would simply be called a php page that I created that is the widget….

So will the hyperlinks in that iframed php page be read by the search engine as coming from the origin of the iframe or from the page hosting the widget?

I basically wanted to know if I got 1000 people to install my widget that had a link back to my site, would I get 1000 new backlinks or would they not be counted because they are within an iframe?

I started to look at an inline javascript widget and it’s just too much for me!! Php seems easier.

]]> By: rantav http://prettyprint.me/2009/05/30/widgets-iframe-vs-inline/comment-page-1/#comment-19 rantav Sat, 30 May 2009 18:32:15 +0000 http://prettyprint.me/?p=71#comment-19 Hi Ori, that's a valid point, I agree, with inline gadgets the main document may finish loading slower so this is another point in favor of iframes. Hi Ori, that’s a valid point, I agree, with inline gadgets the main document may finish loading slower so this is another point in favor of iframes.

]]> By: Ori Lahav http://prettyprint.me/2009/05/30/widgets-iframe-vs-inline/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Ori Lahav Sat, 30 May 2009 08:33:24 +0000 http://prettyprint.me/?p=71#comment-18 Ran nice post. one thing to mention about this issue is load time and page delay. with IFrame based widgets, as they are running on an "inner window" the widget load is not disturbing the main page load. however - with inline widgets, if not implemented correctly, they can delay content loading which is sometimes... very bad! Ran
nice post.
one thing to mention about this issue is load time and page delay.
with IFrame based widgets, as they are running on an “inner window” the widget load is not disturbing the main page load. however – with inline widgets, if not implemented correctly, they can delay content loading which is sometimes… very bad!

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