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Hyperlinks in Scribd and DocStoc documents not clickable?

by Matthew NY
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Hey Guys!

I heard that uploading PDFs of articles in for your keyword is a good idea for SEO. However, I don't understand how if the platforms supposedly do not let your links work in their internal PDF viewers. The links I had in my PDF aren't clickable when reading the file on both of these sites.

So, is this something brand new that has phased this method out? Or is there something I am missing here?

Cheers

:: MP
#clickable #docstoc #documents #hyperlinks #scribd
  • Profile picture of the author packerfan
    You have to make sure you hyperlink the links in word before converting to PDF. If you just type a link it won't be clickable. (even it looks like it in word).

    I know scribd links are clickable (or they were yesterday anyway).
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  • Profile picture of the author sureshtechendeavour
    It is the good technique submitting your articles in social content websites by converting them to pdf's but we cannot include the anchor text using keywords, just place links. I agree with Packerfan, if you include link in word properly, it will be clickable even in pdf's but in Docstoc it is not possible.
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    • Profile picture of the author packerfan
      Originally Posted by sureshtechendeavour View Post

      It is the good technique submitting your articles in social content websites by converting them to pdf's but we cannot include the anchor text using keywords, just place links. I agree with Packerfan, if you include link in word properly, it will be clickable even in pdf's but in Docstoc it is not possible.
      You can have it be anchor text, nothing wrong with that. At least at Scribd. I don't think docstoc is clickable no matter what you do.

      however, these sites are very powerful for actually getting people to read your content and drive traffic if you have good stuff. So if you have something worth sharing, don't hesitate to use them.
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        • Profile picture of the author Matthew NY
          Originally Posted by furniture7 View Post

          but Scribd and DocStoc hyperlink not clickble then how can google consider for that keywords ?
          I actually asked a few people about this yesterday. I think google still identifies the text as no-follow links. It helps make your SEO process look more natural, which is important.

          As many people have been saying, variety of backlinks is very important. You don't want to appear to Google as just a giant spam botted website.
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