Duplicate Content

mannex · 10-13-2009, 11:19 AM

I have a newsletter that I make available in pdf form (searchable pdf) on my site.

I also would like to make the same content available on a blog, in a subdomain (/blog) of the same site.

But, I don't want to get hit with a duplicate content penalty for duplicate content on the same site. This is similar to the situation where there is a an article on a web page, plus a separate page on the same site with the article in "print ready" format.

I have heard that HTML pages have better SEO value than PDF documents.

What should I do?
- Delete the pdf's from my site?
- Put the pdf's in a subdirectory, and do a robots exclusion on the subdirectory?
- Put the pdf's in a password protected subdirectory?
- Tag the pdf's as noindex? (Google's duplicate content guidelines suggest this, but I don't know how to do it for a pdf.)

Would appreciate any suggestions, thanks.

andi_gt2005 · 10-13-2009, 04:49 PM

The content of the pdf is not seen by the search engines so you don't have to worry about duplicate content.

mannex · 10-13-2009, 07:33 PM

I'm sorry, I don't understand your answer. I have had PDF's come up in Google search results, so isn't Google indexing them in order to do this?

10-13-2009, 11:19 AM	#1
mannex Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 52 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Duplicate Content - HTML vs PDF I have a newsletter that I make available in pdf form (searchable pdf) on my site. I also would like to make the same content available on a blog, in a subdomain (/blog) of the same site. But, I don't want to get hit with a duplicate content penalty for duplicate content on the same site. This is similar to the situation where there is a an article on a web page, plus a separate page on the same site with the article in "print ready" format. I have heard that HTML pages have better SEO value than PDF documents. What should I do? - Delete the pdf's from my site? - Put the pdf's in a subdirectory, and do a robots exclusion on the subdirectory? - Put the pdf's in a password protected subdirectory? - Tag the pdf's as noindex? (Google's duplicate content guidelines suggest this, but I don't know how to do it for a pdf.) Would appreciate any suggestions, thanks.
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10-13-2009, 04:49 PM	#2
andi_gt2005 HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 128 Thanks: 2 Thanked 32 Times in 14 Posts	Re: Duplicate Content - HTML vs PDF The content of the pdf is not seen by the search engines so you don't have to worry about duplicate content.

10-13-2009, 07:33 PM	#3
mannex Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 52 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Duplicate Content - HTML vs PDF I'm sorry, I don't understand your answer. I have had PDF's come up in Google search results, so isn't Google indexing them in order to do this?
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