Posted by me on 06/05/05 00:27

>> If about.com is "really" doing this, a simple email will stop it.
>
> (Jesus, I hate About.com, but I digress...) An e-mail might stop it, and
> it might not hurt to suggest they go to a little more effort to properly
> identify the page being framed. E.g., comparing Google's image search to
> this About.com example, I see that About.com is using "their" part of
> the frameset for advertising, while Google uses their part to fully
> identify the page being framed and to acknowledge possible third-party
> copyright on the page contents. I don't mind Google's approach -- credit
> given where credit is due -- but About.com's is sleazy.
>
> All that said, whether they hit your site directly, or hit it via
> someone else's frameset, your visitors are still hitting _your_ site and
> enjoying (hopefully) the content you've created. They'll probably come
> and go without ever knowing your name, and weren't planning on sending
> you cash or bouquets of flowers anyway, so what really _is_ the big deal
> about whether the page is framed or not? For a personal site, it's
> little more than pride at stake. Life might be more enjoyable if you
> don't worry about that quite so much.
>
> --
> Joel.


After looking into it a little further, I agree Joel. ;-)
Also noticed that about.com added a button to remove "their" top frame. But,
at that moment, they had the chance to show their ads than already.

Hans

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