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    • danieldunn10
      danieldunn10 last edited by

      Hi, we are trying to improve on the number of links to our website.

      A supplier has added a PDF file which is case study to their website.

      In the PDF it has a link to our website, will this count as a link or not?

      Thanks

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      • Andy.Drinkwater
        Andy.Drinkwater last edited by

        No more needed than EGOL's answer 🙂

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        • Chris.Menke
          Chris.Menke last edited by

          Daniel,

          Yes, they will count.  Take a look at EGOL's answer on this.

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          • GPainter
            GPainter last edited by

            Google can crawl pdfs so it does count as a link however it's not the strongest link in the world.

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