Linking to a pdf

[SKE]

Hi All

I have a pdf that people can download from my site, what I want to know is that when people link to the pdf does the pdf share link power to pages linked to from within the pdf (like a html page would) or is the link power being waisted going to the pdf and should I somehow get the links to a normal page?

The pdf is a free downloadable resource to people in the party planning industry and so gets linked to quite a bit by sites telling their readers to get the information we provide. Thanks for your thoughts Sean

[igor.pinchevskiy]

Hi there,

I think if you were to create a page with a DOWNLOAD link/button to the pdf file (put some info about the file and the benefits of why someone should download it, maybe also put social media share buttons), and then have vistiors/users link to that page or share that page via social media instead of the file you would get a lot more benefits.

[Mark_Jay_Apsey_Jr.]

Sean-

You are getting no link juice if they click on the PDF but you are getting some link juice if they link to the page......

It would make more sense, for SEO value, if you had the contents of the PDF on a page and then on that page you had the option to link to the PDF. Then people would be linking to the page that would allow you to get the link juice and the SEO value from the content.  More value for your efforts.......more SEO value from the additional content that Google cant index in your PDF.

Hope this helps..

Mark