What is the purpose of iframe?

An iFrame is a component of an HTML element that allows you to embed documents, videos, and interactive media within a page. By doing this, you can display a secondary webpage on your main page. The iFrame element allows you to include a piece of content from other sources.

Is using iframe a good idea?

Iframes Cause SEO Problems. Google recommends refraining from creating iframes. We recommend that you avoid the use of iFrames to display content. If you do include iFrames, make sure to provide additional text-based links to the content they display, so that Googlebot can crawl and index this content.

How do you prevent a website from being loaded in an iframe?

So how do you prevent other websites or attackers from loading your website in an iFrame? There are two primary methods: 1.) Sending an X-Frame-Options HTTP response header that instructs the browser to disable framing from other domains.

How do I create an iframe?

To embed an iframe in a content page, select Interactive layout, choose the HTML block and paste the iframe code there. You can adjust the iframe width and height properties. To embed an iframe using the Old (Classic) editor, click on the Embed Media icon and paste the code in the appropriate field.

Are iFrames bad for SEO?

Since search engines consider the content in iFrames to belong to another website, the best you can hope for is no effect. iFrames tend to neither help nor hurt your search engine ranking. For this reason, it’s best to refrain from using iFrames on main pages that you want to rank high in search engine results.

Does iframe affect SEO?

How do iFrames affect my site’s SEO rankings? Since search engines consider the content in iFrames to belong to another website, the best you can hope for is no effect. iFrames tend to neither help nor hurt your search engine ranking.

Does anyone use iFrames anymore?

The iframe element is supported by all modern desktop and mobile browsers. However, some browsers don’t yet respond consistently to the three new HTML5 attributes for this element.

Can iframes be blocked?

IFrames are also used to show pop-under ads and to set cookies on your computer that survive even after you clear cookies from your browser. To prevent misuses of iFrames, you can block them from websites using the security parameters for Internet Explorer or Firefox, and with a plugin for Google Chrome.

Why is iframe blocked?

There are a couple reasons why your iframe is being blocked. By default, Sucuri Firewall enables the “Additional Security Headers added to your site” option on the Security tab to add recommended security headers to your site and protect you against some forms of XSS and clickjacking attacks.