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SEO Advice Why Google Indexes PDF Files As Images



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For SEO purposes there are two 
article we’ll review two        types of PDF files: files that    
PDF file scenarios and how search     the text can be highlighted and   
engines such as Google, Yahoo and     files that the text cannot be     
MSN index them. If you’re reading     highlighted. If you cannot        
this, then you’re most likely         highlight the text on your PDF,   
concerned about SEO and how your      you’re abandoning potentially     
site ranks. Before you reach out      valuable SEO content because      
to a search engine optimization       search engines see your PDF as an 
agency read about a few basic SEO     image file and not a searchable   
tips to help your site rank           document (please see scenario     
better.                               2).

                           
Scenario 1: PDF Files and Search      

If you can highlight the text  
Engines:

                          within the PDF, then you’re on    

Put yourself in this               your way to potential SEO content 
situation. You’re a professional      gold. Now it is time to further   
with a great idea for your            optimize the PDF for a user of a  
company’s website. You want to        search engine query.

          
reach out to your customer base       

2. What is the name of the     
by posting a PDF on your website.     PDF?

                          
You picked a PDF format because       

Search engines pay attention   
you have control over how the         to your PDF title. Before posting 
document looks and you enjoy the      the PDF to your website consider  
piece of mind knowing the             renaming the PDF to an            
document is difficult to edit.        SEO-friendly title. Unlike files  
Before you post the PDF, consider     on your computer, the Internet    
these three search engine             cannot have gaps in URL text,     
optimization questions.

           therefore consider using hyphens  

1. Can you highlight the           (-)’s, or underscores (_)’s to    



convey the title of your              the keyword phrase being used in  
document. For example if the          the search engine query. A PDF    
title of your document on your        file is treated very specifically 
computer is “Atlanta SEO              in search engine results. In many 
Agency.pdf,” consider naming the      cases the description is the      
file “Atlanta-seo-agency.pdf”         first few lines of legible        
prior to uploading the content to     text.

                         
your website. (Note: the title of     

For example if your PDF is a   
a PDF replaces a title tag on a       whitepaper and the first few      
traditional website page).

        lines of text is focused around   

The result is the PDF posted       copy write information or other   
to your website it will read          information that is not intuitive 
“yourdomain.com/atlanta-seo-agenc     to a search engine user as to the 
y.pdf.” This allows you to gain       focus of the document, consider   
further value once this PDF has       revising the document so the      
been indexed by a search engine.      first few lines of text speaks    
The first readable line of text       specifically to the description   
within the PDF will display at        of the document.

              
the title of a search engine          

Scenario 2: PDF is an          
query result. Let’s continue how      image:

                        
the search engines post PDF           

In the first scenario we       
results in a search engine            described a text-based PDF that   
query.

                            could be highlighted. In this     

3. What text is featured on        scenario we review what happens   
the first few lines of text?

      when a PDF cannot be highlighted, 

The second part of a search        but instead has qualities of an   
engine result is a description.       image. An essential rule of       
On traditional pages this could       search engine optimization is     
be a description tag, or a            that search engines don’t have    
snippet of text that encompasses      eyes. Meaning, if you have text   



on your page that is an image,        science to optimizing PDF files   
the search engine will not be         for search engines. To a savvy    
able to read these words.

         individual, implementing some of  

When a PDF cannot be               the best practices described in   
highlighted the result is a file      this article can help improve the 
that has the same value to the        visibility of your PDF and your   
search engine as if you took a        site overall. For more            
document, placed it on a scanner,     complicated situations you may    
and transferred the scanned image     want to consider reaching out to  
to your computer. In this             a SEO agency or a SEO web design  
scenario the search engine cannot     agency for additional search      
differentiate from a PDF that         engine marketing agency           
contains the word “apple” and an      advice.

actual photo of an apple. To the      >About the                     
search engine, it’s all just an       Author
image.

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PDF files can be leveraged with       Hanks is an Account Manager at search engines? A final piece of      href="http://www.twentysix2.com/" 
advice is to consider                 >Atlanta search engine            
incorporating PDF files on your       optimization agency           
website when it can improve user      TwentySix2 Marketing. He has a    
experience. Search engine             passion for algorithms have placed a              href="http://www.twentysix2.com/s 
heightened value of importance on     earch-engine-optimization-seo-ser 
such files and leveraging this        vices.html">Atlanta SEO           
files correctly can help your         agency services and company rank higher for targeted      href="http://www.twentysix2.com/a 
keyword phrases.

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