Does Google Indexes iFrame Pages?

by Pearl
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Hello everyone,

I've been asking and reading everywhere online about whether or not Google indexes iFrame pages (both pages, the frame and the framed page).

I keep getting different answers (yes / no).
Is it possible to have your iFrame pages indexed by google? If so, how?

Thanks,

Pearl
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    • Profile picture of the author Pearl
      Thanks..
      So I guess in my case it will not index my framed pages.

      I'm talking about several affiliate pages I want to frame as I have google search box on my main page which I own, so what I wanted to do was to add all my affiliate pages to my own page via iFrame (mask?) so that when someone visiting my framed pages and does a google search for within my pages only, can find what they're looking for on one of my affiliate sites instead of going to the main google to search for it...

      Google only displays results for indexed pages.

      I don't think I'm saying all of this right, but hope I make sense
      Just wished there was a way to accomplish what I'm trying to say above.

      Thanks again.
      Pearl
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      If your pages are affiliate pages (not yours) how is a google custom
      search going to help? They aren't part of your pages! How are people
      searching your pages going to find an affiliate page?

      If you want these pages part of your pages, make a landing page
      for each one, complete description, and then add the affiliate link
      on that page. Those pages would be yours, google custom search
      would find them if they are indexed.

      But you could do those with an iframe as well. The main site
      that includes the iframe would need to get indexed. Just make the
      main page somewhat content-rich. What is actually in the iframe
      would not need to be indexed. What is in the iframe would be
      moot. There is some debate as to passing PR, etc. to a page in
      an iframe, but you really need a bonafide link to do that.

      Again, you don't care if what is in the iframe is indexed. That's not
      even in the mix when searching for the main page.

      If you have cash, pay google and get a custom search engine.
      This comes with ad free results and quick indexing for your custom
      search.

      Now they might not cotton too well to an affiliate rich site.

      Adsense users have the ability to do this, but pages must be indexed
      and they will show ads. And that affiliate thing may be a google
      party pooper.

      Paul
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