Can Search Engine Read PDFs?

by Atiqtbl

Posted: 9 years ago 23 replies

Hello Friends,
I am confused about the following issues:
1) want to submit PDF files which is containing copy of blog Articles
2) want to submit same PDFs in several PDF submission sites

For the above submission what would be the reaction from Google?
Can Google read PDF texts?

Thanks
Atiq

#engine #pdfs #read #search

technician27 9 years ago

No i.e search for workout program pdf you will find out it is reading title and description only.
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jsam757 9 years ago

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annewilliams123 9 years ago

Yes search engines cannot read the PDFs. so do not worry PDFs are the best options to get the traffic.
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FreedomBlogger 9 years ago

Well everyone has already answered here.... so I will agree with all the replies!

I wish you the best of the best!

Keep up the great work for sure!

Cheers!
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SEO Eddie 9 years ago

Google can read PDFs.

Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: PDFs in Google search results
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yukon Banned 9 years ago
The guys saying Google can't read a PDF suck at SEO.
- filetype:pdf
Google will:
- OCR a pdf.
- Index a pdf.
- Cache a pdf.
- Rank a pdf.
- Give PR to a pdf.
- Follow links inside a pdf.
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justicejr 9 years ago

Google can read PDF. You can see pdf file rank in google search.
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edpudol1973 9 years ago

Google can read PDF files. Search google and check for PDF search result cache pages.
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st0nec0ld

9 years ago

Document sharing/submission is more on increasing organic search.
Search engines are unable to read PDF (the content) but the title and description associated with it is most likely the ones pulled out on search engine results page.

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yukon

Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by st0nec0ld

Document sharing/submission is more on increasing organic search.
Search engines are unable to read PDF (the content) but the title and description associated with it is most likely the ones pulled out on search engine results page.

You guys are messed up, lol.

What's sad is, this is very basic stuff (all plain text + links).

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vishwa 9 years ago

Google Can read PDF files for sure. There are many results showing pdf file extension in search engine.
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onsett 9 years ago

My IQ started dropping after reading the first few replies.

Google reads and indexes PDFs, has for some time, and will continue to get batter at it. To check if this is true, visit any PDF. For example, this PDF referenced by the Battle of Verdun wikipedia page. Google a unique phrase from the PDF in quotes and you will see the PDF appear in the SERPs.
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johnniewalk Banned 9 years ago

Off Course PDF will be read by the google... For that purpose only pdf sites are there to share your portfolio in those sites like slideshare will increase your traffic more...
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Bestseoservice 9 years ago

Google Never consider about PDF files , So its called No follow links , No follow links did not pass link juice from any websites likes slideshare, docstac
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turboshandy 9 years ago

I've actually found a lot of interesting stuff by google-ing certain keywords and finding PDF files! So, doesn't that mean that search engines can read PDF files? I've found all sorts of articles in PDF files, often they appeared even before certain blogs or websites.
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danparks 9 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

You guys are messed up, lol.

What's sad is, this is very basic stuff (all plain text + links).

People, look back at Yukon's post! It has the answer right there in the link he supplied. Go to the link and read the top of the page:

"Google automatically generates html versions of documents as we crawl the web."

Yes, Google CAN read PDFs.
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TeKn1qu3z 9 years ago

Yes, Google can read PDFs. It's been known for quite some time. That's why websites like scribd are thriving.
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positivegirl 9 years ago

Hi.. I have done a lot of researches that took me to PDFs so, I guess PDFs can be read. Maybe you can empower this BY adding your main keywords to your profile in those sites as well as inside the title and the description as people here say..

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QueenMelanie 9 years ago

well I know it indexes and ranks them.. Dunno if it actually crawls the content, doubt it,
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- yukon Banned 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by QueenMelanie
  
  well I know it indexes and ranks them.. Dunno if it actually crawls the content, doubt it,
  
  Even with proven examples, you still don't know.
  
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aadi14 9 years ago

Yes Search Engines can read them unless they are encrypted with a password. Though I don't have an Idea if you can use same content on blog or in PDF. But, duplicate content will be there indirectly or directly. So avoid it.
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nizamkhan 9 years ago

Here is a useful resource that answers questions/doubts about this topic.

PDFs in Google search results

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Rehmat 9 years ago

PDFs are indexed by Google but some document sharing sites have disabled text indxation in submitted files, have disabled links in them or at least have turned the links nofollow, so any wise person will never afford to dilute the uniqueness of his genuine content by submitting it to the web. In past, it was effective though.
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ahmed150 8 years ago

Search Engine cannot read PDFs
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