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BobbiJoJoJo
BobbiJoJoJo
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March 30, 2018
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Increate SEO in pdfs - how?

  • March 30, 2018
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I want to make my pdfs for searchable. Most of the online articles I see are years old and I am thinking there must be new technology around this.

How do I do this?

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Correct answer JR Boulay

Beware that in the PDF 2.0 format (aka ISO 32000) the old "info" properties (Title, Author, etc.) are deprecated and superseeded by XMP metadata.

So do not forget to fill them to perpetuate documents.

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JR Boulay
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JR BoulayCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
March 31, 2018

Beware that in the PDF 2.0 format (aka ISO 32000) the old "info" properties (Title, Author, etc.) are deprecated and superseeded by XMP metadata.

So do not forget to fill them to perpetuate documents.

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
JR Boulay
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JR BoulayCommunity Expert
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March 30, 2018

Optimize a PDF for SEO is like HTML: metadata matters.

This is the first thing that a search engine search for.

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
    BobbiJoJoJo
    BobbiJoJoJoAuthor
    Participant
    March 30, 2018

    Thank you for your response also! I never knew this feature was there! In my past job I used it to include a few settings but never realized I could add metadata there - I am going to test this out with my team mate next week. Thank you!!

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    gkaiseril
    Inspiring
    March 30, 2018

    A PDF file can consists of many types of objects. The most common are images and text. An image can be a picture of a car or a page of text. Images are not searchable even if it is of a page of text. Acrobat can perform an action known as Optical Character Recognition (OCR) form the original equipment used to convert printed pages into text files and placed in a file on a computer.

    If you can edit the PDFs, you will have to run the Character Recognition to convert the image of text to text. After this action the PDF will be searchable.

    BobbiJoJoJo
    BobbiJoJoJoAuthor
    Participant
    March 30, 2018

    Thank you for your response, I will try this as I have AA Pro but never knew this function existed.

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