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How can I get Google Search ofto index my PDF Documentsdocuments?

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We are having troubles getting Google to index the PDF files in our site. There are about 50 PDF and range in size for 20 KB to a little under two megs. They are not protected, can be read annonymouslyanonymously, and inside of PDF Reader, you can search the document.

They are listed in the SiteMap.xml. I can even look at the IIS logs and see Googlebot reading the PDF files, but, except for five, they are never included in the search results.

If I do a filetye:pdf, only five pdfs shouldPDFs showed up. If I search for text I know is inside a PDF, the PDFs never show up (except for the five that are indexed).

Does anyone have any idea why the over 45+ pdfPDF document are not being included in the index, even though they are in the sitemap and Googlebot is reading them?

We are having troubles getting Google to index the PDF files in our site. There are about 50 PDF and range in size for 20 KB to a little under two megs. They are not protected, can be read annonymously, and inside of PDF Reader, you can search the document.

They are listed in the SiteMap.xml. I can even look at the IIS logs and see Googlebot reading the PDF files, but, except for five, they are never included in the search results.

If I do a filetye:pdf, only five pdfs should up. If I search for text I know is inside a PDF, the PDFs never show up (except for the five that are indexed).

Does anyone have any idea why the over 45+ pdf document are not being included in the index, even though they are in the sitemap and Googlebot is reading them?

We are having troubles getting Google to index the PDF files in our site. There are about 50 PDF and range in size for 20 KB to a little under two megs. They are not protected, can be read anonymously, and inside of PDF Reader, you can search the document.

They are listed in the SiteMap.xml. I can even look at the IIS logs and see Googlebot reading the PDF files, but, except for five, they are never included in the search results.

If I do a filetye:pdf, only five PDFs showed up. If I search for text I know is inside a PDF, the PDFs never show up (except for the five that are indexed).

Does anyone have any idea why the over 45+ PDF document are not being included in the index, even though they are in the sitemap and Googlebot is reading them?

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Jim Biddison
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Google Search of PDF Documents

We are having troubles getting Google to index the PDF files in our site. There are about 50 PDF and range in size for 20 KB to a little under two megs. They are not protected, can be read annonymously, and inside of PDF Reader, you can search the document.

They are listed in the SiteMap.xml. I can even look at the IIS logs and see Googlebot reading the PDF files, but, except for five, they are never included in the search results.

If I do a filetye:pdf, only five pdfs should up. If I search for text I know is inside a PDF, the PDFs never show up (except for the five that are indexed).

Does anyone have any idea why the over 45+ pdf document are not being included in the index, even though they are in the sitemap and Googlebot is reading them?