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Previously I had thought that there were only ways to get content from external URLs into your page. These 2 ways are use an IFRAME or Javascript to include it into your pages.

I've just learned of a new way using the tag.

<object type="text/html" frameborder="0" data="http://Server/URL/"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;

I have found some content online that confirms this ability, but it doesn't talk much about features such as Accessibility and SEO of the page.

UPDATE: I'm not looking for information on HOW to use this method, looking for information regarding what happens to my page when i use this method, such as:

  • Accessibility: will screenreaders still be able read my document as if the content was included via a server side include.
  • SEO: will google still be able to index this content?
  • Javascript: I have seen some of the articles talk about still being able to use JS like this, but are there any security implications.

The bottom line, this is not a well know method, so there's not much available online (that I can find anyway) so i'm looking to see if anyone has had experience implementing this method. Thanks!

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I think the question linked in Pekka's comment should satisfy you.
Nonetheless you could considerate xml island too.

Knu
pekka's answer gives me specifics of how to use it, which I admit, are more specific than I knew before. But i'm not asking how to use this method, i'm asking about the impact of using this method to your page (Accessibility, SEO, javascript). Thanks
Roy Rico