Can search engines read PDFs?

[vkumar]

Hello friends,

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

[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

[jayam]

SEO for PDFs: Optimizing Your PDF Files for Search. ... 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.

[nicksavoia]

Yes, all search engines can read pdf content, links, images & videos.

[GeethaN]

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.

[shimar789]

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.

[jesica]

Google can read easily you pdf on your website. but that documents lack of the basic information what search engine needs to know about the content. It may affect the rank in SERP.

[shimar456]

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