Can search engines read PDFs?

[vkumar]

Hello friends,


Please Tell me, Can search engines read PDFs?

[ritesh3592]

Search engines like Google can easily locate and read PDF files on your website. But these documents often lack basic information that help search engines know what the content is about—which ultimately affects your position in search results

[naksh]

There has long been a myth that "search engines can't read PDFs" so it is better to put all content on an indexable HTML page. Google definitely indexes PDF files and you can search just for PDF files.

[John-Smith]

PDFs are indexed by Crawlers!

[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

[mariajonas]

Hello friends,


Please Tell me, Can search engines read PDFs?

Looks like your "Love Problem Solution" PDF creation will now be done in full swing as you got to know that PDFs are indexed by Google :p

[neelseowork]

Any doubt left @op?

[RH-Calvin]

Yes search engines can read PDF files and hence PDF submission is an off page technique to build backlinks and generate traffic for your website.