Can PDF downloads be tracked?

Using Adobe Acrobat Pro, you can enable tracking just by clicking the SEND AND TRACK from the file tab. Once this is enabled, the author gets a message whenever the document is opened. Another method is to use apps like Digify to add tracking to your document.

How can I track the number of downloads of a PDF?

To enable download tracking, you might want to use a plugin like MonsterInsights. Once the plugin is installed, PDF downloads will be tracked as events in your Google Analytics dashboard. The good news with some of these plugins is that you don’t need to do any more work than download and install it.

How do I track downloads?

To view file downloads, log in to your Google Analytics account and select the website where you’d like to track file downloads. If you’ve enabled downloads tracking as page views, you can find out the downloads report in the All Pages report along with other blog posts and pages.

How can I track the view of a PDF?

How to Track PDF Views in Google Analytics

  1. Step One: Install Google Tag Manager.
  2. Step Two: Create a “Link Click Listener” Tag.
  3. Step Three: Create a Rule to Identify PDF Clicks.
  4. Step Four: Create a “PDF View” Tag.
  5. Step Five: Test Your Tags.
  6. Step Six: Create a “PDF View” Goal in Google Analytics.

Can you see who viewed your PDF?

How to track PDF files with Digify. Whether you’re using the Send Files section or Data Rooms section, Digify’s tracking features can let you know who viewed your files as well as the location and duration of views. You can also know how many times your files have been viewed, printed, or downloaded.

Can you see the history of a PDF?

View document properties. Choose File. Select Properties. Click the Description tab. Find the creation date and time near the title and author.

Can you track a PDF link?

The answer is yes! It’s possible to track search traffic and other things related to your PDF with Google Analytics. Here’s how: Add a parameter to each link.

How do I track downloadable files from a website?

You can use Autotrack to track outbound link clicks on your website automatically. Autotrack will allow you to declare the link click event you want to track. So if your PDF or other download is accessible via a button, you can track it using Autotrack.

How do I track a file?

Locate the file or folder you want to track. icon to open the Information panel. Scroll down and click Tracking. Mark the checkbox next to ‘Track this file’ or ‘Track this folder’.

Can files be tracked?

As pointed out by Andrew Morton some organisations make small grammatical (or other) changes to each copy of a document before it gets distributed. By doing this copies can be tracked to particular individuals if the copy gets stolen (or passed on). This, of course, is very difficult to defeat.