Company logos, messages, or other information can be kept in one frame that is constantly visible, if desired. Some design issues can be resolved by using frames. A nice example is at Dragonfly Dreams . Disadvantages of Frames 1. Search engines may not be able to properly spider a framed site.
Search engines have a tough time with frames.
Therefore, if a visitor comes into the website from a search engine link, the webpage may be on its own without reference, links, or other means to connect into the rest of the website. Bookmarking a framed page within a website generally won't work, and typically only the main page of the website can be bookmarked. There are workarounds within the HTML, but I have seldom seem them used. An example is at the Electronic Commerce website, mentioned above. For the same reason that bookmarking a framed page within a website generally doesn't work right, the URL for the entire site appears only as the main page.