Posted by Wings on 10/13/07 18:49

"Mark Goodge" <usenet@listmail.good-stuff.co.uk> wrote in message
news:2g21h3drgfo3gitcmu0qmvhmcdq0i33bbt@news.markshouse.net...
> On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:18:39 -0700, Wings put finger to keyboard and
> typed:
>
>>I'm not advocating anything here - just want to alleviate my ignorance...
>>What's bad about your site being framed in someone else's site? Wouldn't
>>that increase your site's exposure? I understand that the other site could
>>be making some financial gain from using your site that way, but how does
>>that hurt you instead of help you?
>
> It's not always bad. Sometimes it can be perfectly acceptable, or even
> desirable. But not always, and it's always a bad thing to assume it's
> OK without asking.
>
> There are three main reasons why it can be bad. Firstly, it uses the
> framed site's bandwidth and hosting costs without contributing towards
> them. Secondly, it can give a misleading impression that the framed
> site's editorial or content policy is the same as as that of the
> framing site. And, finally, it can display the framed site in such a
> way as to obscure the framed site's own advertising or navigation,
> thus reducing the framed site's potential income.
>
That makes sense. Thanks, Mark.

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