Google can read iframes as on-page content...

yukon · 03-28-2011, 02:49 PM

I was checking Google SERPs for a few of my keywords, & clicked the little magnify icon to preview my sites page inside Google Search.

This page includes a Facebook Like button, which is an iframe.

The Google Search preview of my page is showing text (see what your friends like), & highlighting that same iframe text, that isn't inside my sites/page source code.

First time I've ever seen Google read an iframe as If it was on-page content.

Mike Grant · 03-28-2011, 03:04 PM

This could so very easily be exploited.

GeorgR. · 03-28-2011, 03:12 PM

I also noticed (recently) they read PHP redirects as "on-site-content"...this is really, really odd.

On some site i have PHP redirects to some clickbank offers/affiliate links....and checking my site index looks like the vendor page's content belonging to my site.

Question whether thats a glitch or intention.

paulgl · 03-28-2011, 03:22 PM

Shouldn't the preview be exactly what the visitors sees if they click on
your site? So whatever the page looks like when loaded, that's the
preview.

Not sure about the redirect, but if it automatically redirects a visitor,
shouldn't that be the same page as the preview? If not, then the visitor
would get something different than what they thought.

Paul

yukon · 03-28-2011, 05:10 PM

This is not my site, but you can see the exact same thing I'm finding on my own site.

If you search that page in the screenshot, you will not find this text (see what your friends like) in the source code.

Here is the exact code I'm running on my site (minus my url), & I get the same results as the screenshot below.

Code:

<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2F********URL HERE***********&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:60px"></iframe>

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yukon SEO Strategist War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 6,532 Thanks: 355 Thanked 1,992 Times in 1,273 Posts	Google can read iframes as on-page content... I was checking Google SERPs for a few of my keywords, & clicked the little magnify icon to preview my sites page inside Google Search. This page includes a Facebook Like button, which is an iframe. The Google Search preview of my page is showing text (see what your friends like), & highlighting that same iframe text, that isn't inside my sites/page source code. First time I've ever seen Google read an iframe as If it was on-page content.
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yukon SEO Strategist War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 6,532 Thanks: 355 Thanked 1,992 Times in 1,273 Posts	Re: Google can read iframes as on-page content... This is not my site, but you can see the exact same thing I'm finding on my own site. If you search that page in the screenshot, you will not find this text (see what your friends like) in the source code. Here is the exact code I'm running on my site (minus my url), & I get the same results as the screenshot below. Code: <iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2F******URL HERE*********&layout=standard&show_faces=false&width=450&action=like&colorscheme=light" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:60px"></iframe>
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