Robert RogersThe best description of an iFrame is to state that it is a window to something else that you want to show. The technical term for this would be to say that you embed a reference. It can be a YouTube video, a RSS Feed, a social media post, and a Google Map. Although an iFrame behaves like an inline image, it can be configured with its own scrollbar independent of the surrounding page’s scrollbar.
If you want to know how to embed content there is a comprehensive blog post showing how to embed the relevant content onto your own blog. This is a rather important point when it comes to your content strategy since embedding content from other sites gives you social proof.
One very important fact to note is that you need to use reputable sources/platforms when putting in references. The reason for this is that a malicious user can hijack your users’ keystrokes and clicks. It is a security issue that needs to be taken quite seriously.
The use of iFrames will certainly help the aspect of interactions and engagement. Another tool that will help in terms of creating engagement for your blog would be installing a well-integrated commenting system.
Although this article serves to give a minute introduction to iFrames, it would make sense to mention the aspect of SEO as well. There will be those who want to know if there is any benefit to SEO. The truth is that since search engines consider the content in iFrames to belong to another website, the best you can hope for is no effect. So all in all, it makes sense to note that iFrames tend to be quite harmless since they neither help nor hurt your search engine ranking.
George
