Instead of redirecting to "file.html" (like you would with a regular web page) you're simply redirecting to "file.pdf"
As far as people downloading PDF A after you changed it to PDF B exactly how did you do this redirect?..did you simply change hyperlinks (or something in HTML)in the site? That won't do it because Google will continue to index PDF A and that's what will show up in search results. You need to set up server side ( 301 ) PERMANENT redirects. This is done on an by modifying the htaccess file.
Proper 301 redirects should not change your search position ranking according to Google.
A 301redirect would look something like this...
redirect 301 /A.pdf http://www.yoursite.com/B.pdf/
Your site might not use the www.
by doing this people would no longer be able to access A.pdf and any link they clicked on that pointed to it would automatically take them to B.pdf as well all the "Google juice" that A.pdf had would be transferred to B.pdf.
I personally don't think it is possible.
no
My website has a bunch of PDF files, and they rank very well in SEO
Lately however, i realized there is an issue with a lot of those PDF file content, and want to replace them as well as the links/webpages containing those PDF files.
In order to do that, I would have to ask my web developer to create a redirect 301
However, I do not want to lose my PDF ranking on the web.
Moreover , I tried redirecting some of the web pages (let s say webpage A, containing PDF A) and I redirected it to Webpage B, containing PDF B)
People on the internet still download the old PDF A !
In short I want to maintain my PDF ranking, but be able to direct users to the new version of each PDF... Just like 301 for links, but this time for PDF
I hope I didn t confuse you too much ! If anyone can help me understand more about PDF and file rankings on google and how they differ from LINK rank, i would appreciate it !
