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What is Iframing? (5)

10-06-2014 10:53 PM #1 pulsefiremedia (Member)
What is Iframing?

I am using maxbounty and one of the offer has a restriction that says this " No iframing the campaigns. " I am not too sure how this applies? Does it mean I can't promote the item in a popup method?

10-07-2014 07:03 AM #2 zeno (Administrator)

An Iframe is an HTML element, it means inline frame.

It's basically a way of putting another URL inside of a frame on a web page.

E.g. on mydomain.com/lander.html you can have an iFrame that contains anotherdomain.com/iframedpage.html.

It has some limitations in how it effects the iFramed page functionality.

Usually, people will make an iFrame that stretches to the edge of the browser window and will put a page inside that. The result is mydomain.com/lander.html appears in the address bar but the page viewed is actually anotherdomain.com/iframedpage.html.

Advantage 1: can mask a domain and fool reviewers.
Advantage 2: can have scripts and various things on your page that you can run while still showing the offer page. So can do alert popups and various things with some limitations.

Disadvantage 1: can and will break some coding functionality of the iframed page.
Disadvantage 2: it is often non-compliant with the advertiser's wishes and is dead easy to detect as a reviewer.

06-09-2015 09:46 PM #3 fernando (AMC Alumnus)

@Zeno is it ever the case that the advertiser's offer page is put directly on the lander so that the styles match and the user isn't forced to change pages? This seems sort of valuable...

06-10-2015 12:20 AM #4 cmdeal (Veteran Member)

Quote Originally Posted by fernando View Post
@Zeno is it ever the case that the advertiser's offer page is put directly on the lander so that the styles match and the user isn't forced to change pages? This seems sort of valuable...
Are you talking about host and posting an advertiser's form on a landing page, or are you talking about someone just copying the advertiser's offer page?

06-10-2015 10:18 AM #5 mykeyfocus (Member)

Defintely something to test, I tried loading an app install in a 100% iframe when they clicked the CTA button to see if the jump to the app store lost any visitors but it showed lower conversion rate. The use of Iframes would surely create a smooth transition between lander and offer, no quickly redirecting URL would surely be beneficial for credibility. Advertisers obviously hate Iframes when used for example on one click flows to hide the terms, but if used compliantly I'm sure they're cool with it. As always its worth asking, if you can't ask directly you can usually get your AM to pass on any questions.

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