{"id":673,"date":"2008-04-11T08:41:50","date_gmt":"2008-04-11T15:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/ask-scott\/scott-are-iframes-bad-for-seo-why-thanks\/"},"modified":"2008-04-11T08:52:14","modified_gmt":"2008-04-11T15:52:14","slug":"iframes-bad-for-seo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/ask-scott\/iframes-bad-for-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"Are iframes bad for Search Engine Optimization?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"faq\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"faq_approve\" id=\"fr_42\">\r\n\t<p>Rating: +1<\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<a href=\"#\" title=\"This answer is good\" onclick=\"faq_rate(6,42,0); return false\">\r\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"top\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/faq-tastic\/images\/positive.png\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" alt=\"Positive\"\/>\r\n\t<\/a>\r\n\t<a href=\"#\" title=\"This answer is bad\" onclick=\"faq_rate(6,42,1); return false\">\r\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"top\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/faq-tastic\/images\/negative.png\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" alt=\"Negative\"\/>\r\n\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t<div class=\"answer\">\r\n\t\t<p>it's not that Iframes are \"bad\" for SEO, it's just that they are ineffective. 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