Can you list pdf files in sitemaps? If so is this a good idea?

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    Can you list pdf files in sitemaps? If so is this a good idea? Does google like it?

    Hope someone can help?

    Kind Regards
     
    dj_gie, Oct 13, 2006 IP
  2. disgust

    disgust Guest

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    I don't see why you wouldn't be able to. google does index pdfs. however, I personally prefer to have a landing page for that PDF (where I can show ads, where they can see what the rest of the site offers, etc) rather than have them index the pdfs directly. so I generally disallow indexing of PDFs, although this isn't the case with every site.
     
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    Do you think it might be the case for my website:

    www.fcbs.co.uk
     
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    If you have urls within your pdf's they will get indexed as well.
     
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