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Does google consider link in pdf as a backlink?

by kyrptl
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Hello everyone,

I am very confuse about backlink in pdf, ppt, doc. I would like to know that the link in any docs consider as a backlink by google or not?

Thanks in advacne.
#backlink #google #link #pdf
  • Profile picture of the author furqanarshad
    I don't think there is any issue in not considering the links in pdfz and other files a proper back links.
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  • Profile picture of the author Slevster
    As long as they can be crawled, then they can be indexed.
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  • Profile picture of the author SEO Power
    If the PDF is indexed, then it will be considered a valid link back to your site.
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  • Profile picture of the author Najgel
    Exacctly, the best example is slideshare.com where all pdf's uploaded from people and transcripted and this way the text / links from the pdf might be indexed (so counting as backlink). If you simply have a pdf on your website, or a plugin that shows the pdf in an embedded format this won't be "readable" to the crawler and most likely not indexed.

    All depends on how you utilize the pdf text into your website. Make it a post, and just add the pdf as downloadable extra
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  • Profile picture of the author Clint Faber
    Google can convert PDF files to html so yes the links are considered and they work troublesomely good for seo.
    Love using docstoc for my back linking strategy,
    Best strategy I have ever found.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Google does not create backlinks for you. I have no idea why people think viewing
      a pdf as an html file is somehow creating a backlink. It's not. The "html" that you
      are viewing is for viewing purposes, NOT indexing. Crazy thinking in the first place.
      What google sees in a pdf document is moot. Has nothing to do with a backlink.
      That's like saying, oh look! I had google translate my page into spanish! I got another
      backlink! And my pages in the google cache? Even more backlinks!!!!!!!!!!!!

      In fact, strange thing is that google TELLS you to have an html page available to
      visitors for any pdf file you value your visitor viewing.

      Now, why would they suggest that?

      Again, this has nothing to do with google determining the content of a pdf file.
      That's a different animal.

      Paul
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      • Profile picture of the author Clint Faber
        Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

        Google does not create backlinks for you. I have no idea why people think viewing
        a pdf as an html file is somehow creating a backlink. It's not. The "html" that you
        are viewing is for viewing purposes, NOT indexing. Crazy thinking in the first place.
        What google sees in a pdf document is moot. Has nothing to do with a backlink.
        That's like saying, oh look! I had google translate my page into spanish! I got another
        backlink! And my pages in the google cache? Even more backlinks!!!!!!!!!!!!

        In fact, strange thing is that google TELLS you to have an html page available to
        visitors for any pdf file you value your visitor viewing.

        Now, why would they suggest that?

        Again, this has nothing to do with google determining the content of a pdf file.
        That's a different animal.

        Paul
        What you are saying can be a lill confusing.
        As you know there is No one here saying that Google creates links for you.
        Still Google will incorporates URL links in PDFs as part of that URLs SEO ranking score
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      • Profile picture of the author anwar001
        Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

        Google does not create backlinks for you. I have no idea why people think viewing
        a pdf as an html file is somehow creating a backlink. It's not. The "html" that you
        are viewing is for viewing purposes, NOT indexing. Crazy thinking in the first place.
        What google sees in a pdf document is moot. Has nothing to do with a backlink.
        That's like saying, oh look! I had google translate my page into spanish! I got another
        backlink! And my pages in the google cache? Even more backlinks!!!!!!!!!!!!

        In fact, strange thing is that google TELLS you to have an html page available to
        visitors for any pdf file you value your visitor viewing.

        Now, why would they suggest that?

        Again, this has nothing to do with google determining the content of a pdf file.
        That's a different animal.

        Paul
        Google can now read and crawl content present in a PDF file, so the link present in the document will be counted as a backlink to your site. A few years earlier, Google could not read contents of a PDF file so the links in the document did not count towards increasing your backlink count.
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  • Profile picture of the author kyrptl
    Any suggestion/Website to get backlink from pdf/word/ppt ? I found some of the high PR website like scribd,sideshare,issue. I upload some pdf including hyperlink in the document. But i don't found my hyperlink as link. and idea?
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