SEO and PDFs

[juanmiguelcr]

Hi there, how could I incorpore the PDF's documents of my site to the SEO strategy in order to optimize the page in which is included in?

Thanks

[ditoroin]

Why are you trying to optimize a page using a PDF content?

[juanmiguelcr]

Hi dimitri, maybe I didn't explain it clearly. My site has a PDF in a page and I worder If it could be treated as pics, maybe with a tag with alt in this way in order to improve the overall SEO

Thanks

[ditoroin]

Hi Juan,

Google can index PDFs, but there are some exceptions:

• Google cannot index encrypted or password protected files;
• Or images in PDF document.

http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35287

[FedeEinhorn]

Although PDFs are indexed, Google recommends creating a copy of that PDF in HTML. There's no reason for leaving a page in PDF if you want it to be indexed.

Check Matt Cutts video on the most common mistakes SEOs make. He mentions converting the PDF content to an HTML version:

watch?feature=player_embedded&v=421aTJI2Nxc