Copy protected PDF, Google and search engines indexing?

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sbenedetti
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Copy protected PDF, Google and search engines indexing?

Post by sbenedetti »

Hi,

I'd like to publish some secured PDFs disallowing the copy to clipboard.

My question is: are Google and other search engines able to indexing correctly PDF or they requires the copy to clipboard options?

Thanks in advance and sorry for my poor English.

Stefano
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Re: Copy protected PDF, Google and search engines indexing?

Post by jr »

Most indexing engines use the IFilter technology to indes PDF files.

We have a small program that will extract text from a PDF file using the IFilter technology. It is avaliable here:

http://www.bullzip.com/products/ext/info.php

If you can extract text from your PDF file using that program then the search engines will most likely be able to index your content.

Regards,
Jacob
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