An apparatus for associated search terms with a downloaded file includes a storage device storing machine-readable code and a processor executing the machine-readable code. The machine-readable code includes a reference module that references one or more search terms for a file selected for download. The file is retrieved by a search engine searching with the one or more search terms. The machine-readable code includes an embedding module that embeds the one or more search terms into data associated with a file copy. The file copy includes a copy of the file for saving on a storage device.