Google's pdf descriptions

Paul Busby · #1 (**permalink**) 10-22-2006, 10:01 AM

I have a music site - http://www.scoredchanges.com - which includes a lot of free tutorials in pdf format which can be accessed from the tutorials page.
On the list of pages indexed by Google, some of these pdf files are titled correctly, such as "Arranging", whereas others have goobledegook titles - HHHHHHH etc.
By viewing the files in the HTML option, I see that the goobledegook is actually how the music examples are portrayed, which can be anywhere on the first page, beneath the title.
They were actually written with Personal Composer notation and then I used Adobe Distiller on them to get the pdf.
As no-one searches the internet for things like HHHHHHH, how do I get the real title shown by Google?

weslinda · #2 (**permalink**) 10-22-2006, 11:18 AM

Inside acrobat, you can go in and put in a document title, description and many other things. You'll want to change those pieces of information inside the PDF document and then wait for google to update the index.

Webnauts · #3 (**permalink**) 10-23-2006, 06:37 AM

I would suggest you to create an .rdf file for them.

Surendran · #4 (**permalink**) 10-24-2006, 01:44 PM

That's right webnauts.. he would need to create an .rdf file for them.

Webnauts · #5 (**permalink**) 10-24-2006, 03:57 PM

By the way I found today a PDF Creator here http://www.pdfforge.org/, which allows you to add descriptions in your PDF files.

Just FYI.

But I stick to .rdf though.

Paul Busby · #6 (**permalink**) 10-25-2006, 09:42 AM

Many thanks for the very useful suggestions. I've now added descriptions to most of the pdf files, read up on .rdf files and uploaded one. I'll now wait and see what the results are.
Incidentally, the emails I get from WebProWorld are extremely useful and I've learned a lot from them. Thanks to everyone who contributes to the discussions.