What's the best way to include a pdf in your post?
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I have some posts where I'd like to include a downloadable pdf....what is the best way seo wise to do this?
I was thinking of just putting the file on my server and than just including a link to download it, but I'm thinking there's probably a better way.
Any thoughts?
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I'm trying to do this, and I can't get it to work. When I upload the file to google docs I don't get a .pdf file..I get a odd string of numbers and I can view it, but when I embed it it doesn't load.
Like I said, the link doesn't look like the link on the google examples with the .pdf...I'm assuming you have to upload your file to google doc's first...then use the viewer to embed it right?
I think I'm missing something.
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thanks!
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http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/embed-pdf-document-website/
Or you can try
<code><iframe< span="">src="http://docs.google.com/gview?url=http://example.com/mypdf.pdf&embedded=true" style="width:718px; height:700px;" frameborder="0"></iframe<></code> -
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/embed-pdf-document-website/ - this post will provide you some options
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What is the best way to embed them?
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I don't have an SEO answer for you, but I can tell you that I've read embedded pdfs get read much more often than providing a link. Just make sure you have a way to track the interaction
Hope that helps -
You can do that or embed it on your page.
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