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Can search engines read PDFs?

Started by indiaastro, February 27, 2020, 01:40:04 AM


onlinepaystubs

By reading do you mean that PDFs are indexed by crawlers or not?

sophiawils59

In general, yes, Google does crawl PDFs unless they are password protected or encrypted. If the text is embedded as images, Google may process those images to extract the text.

RH-Calvin

Yes search engines can read PDF files. It is a good way to build backlinks and generate traffic to your website from external webpages.
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PoolMaster

Yes, Search engines like Google can easily locate and read PDF files on your website.

Dreamworth Solution

Search engines can't read images, so if you want to get your PDFs indexed, make sure they are text rather than imaged-based.