File types indexable by Google Google can index the content of most text-based files and certain encoded document formats. The most common file types we index include: · Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) · Adobe PostScript (.ps) · Comma-Separated Values (.csv) · Google Earth (.kml, .kmz) · GPS eXchange Format (.gpx) · Hancom Hanword (.hwp) · HTML (.htm, .html, other file extensions) · Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx) · Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx) · Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx) · OpenOffice presentation (.odp) · OpenOffice spreadsheet (.ods) · OpenOffice text (.odt) · Rich Text Format (.rtf) · Scalable Vector Graphics (.svg) · TeX/LaTeX (.tex) · Text (.txt, .text, other file extensions), including source code in common programming languages, such as: ü Basic source code (.bas) ü C/C++ source code (.c, .cc, .cpp, .cxx, .h, .hpp) ü C# source code (.cs) ü Java source code (.java) ü Perl source code (.pl) ü Python source code (.py) ü Wireless Markup Language (.wml, .wap) ü XML (.xml) Google can also index the following media formats: ü Image formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, WebP, and SVG ü Video formats: 3GP, 3G2, ASF, AVI, DivX, M2V, M3U, M3U8, M4V, MKV, MOV, MP4, MPEG, OGV, QVT, RAM, RM, VOB, WebM, WMV, and XAP Search by file type You can use the filetype: operator in Google Search to limit results to a specific file type or file extension. For example, filetype:rtf galway will search for RTF files and URLs ending in .rtf whose content contains the term "galway". #indexableGoogle #Googleindex #googleupdate #GoogleRanking
