PDF text coming up in google results??
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- Huebert
Is there a way to stop this from happening? My address comings up when I search for my name, cos I've got a PDF of my CV on my site...
- nocomply0
that happens to me too. i actually get people emailing me asking about previous places of employment every once in a while. i am just going to remove my resume when i re-do my website and make it available upon request.
- chrisone0
I think you can specify in a robot.txt file which files to index and which not to.
- 4040
Your correct chrisone.
- Huebert0
great thanks, I'll give it a shot
- Studiospooky0
You could always process the pdf through Photoshop to kill the text?
- Huebert0
that would rasterise the text no?
- Studiospooky0
It would, but if you keep the anti-aliasing crisp and make it a decent resolution it shouldn't be apparent, and becuase its a photoshop pdf it should still be a small enough file. It would need playing around with... trying out different sharpnesses of type and different resolutions, but it should manageable. I've processed pdfs for CD artwork with 4pt type on through Photoshop and it comes out perfect.
If your CV is black and white you should be able to do a 300dpi file for not much kb.
- lumedia0
This is a silly question, but how can spiders index a PDF but they still cant do shit with Flash? Obviously Im not a web guy.
- Huebert0
i think that they can index things in flash, i'm not a web guy either buy i've seen it