{"id":16582,"date":"2026-09-02T11:38:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/file-types-indexed\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T02:45:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T23:45:38","slug":"file-types-indexed","status":"publish","type":"ar_kb","link":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/file-types-indexed\/","title":{"rendered":"File types indexable by Google"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Google can index the content of most text-based files and certain encoded document formats. The<br \/>\n  file type is determined by the <code>Content-Type<\/code> HTTP header returned when Google<br \/>\n  crawls the file, though in some cases Google may use the file extension or re-parse the file using<br \/>\n  a different parser if the <code>Content-Type<\/code> header is missing or incorrect.\n<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"flat-file-types\" tabindex=\"-1\">Supported flat file types<\/h2>\n<p>\n  The following flat file types are supported. These are files where the content is stored in plain,<br \/>\n  unencoded text (though they may use markup tags).\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comma-Separated Values (.csv)<\/li>\n<li>Google Earth (.kml, .kmz)<\/li>\n<li>GPS eXchange Format (.gpx)<\/li>\n<li>HTML (.htm, .html, other file extensions)<\/li>\n<li>Scalable Vector Graphics (.svg)<\/li>\n<li>TeX\/LaTeX (.tex)<\/li>\n<li>\n    Text (.txt, .text, other file extensions), including source code in common programming<br \/>\n    languages, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Basic source code (.bas)<\/li>\n<li>C\/C++ source code (.c, .cc, .cpp, .cxx, .h, .hpp)<\/li>\n<li>C# source code (.cs)<\/li>\n<li>Java source code (.java)<\/li>\n<li>Perl source code (.pl)<\/li>\n<li>Python source code (.py)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Wireless Markup Language (.wml, .wap)<\/li>\n<li>XML (.xml)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"encoded-file-types\" tabindex=\"-1\">Supported encoded file types<\/h2>\n<p>\n  The following encoded file types are supported. These are binary files or complex containers that<br \/>\n  require a specific parser to extract the human-readable text.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf)<\/li>\n<li>Adobe PostScript (.ps)<\/li>\n<li>Electronic Publication (.epub)<\/li>\n<li>Hancom Hanword (.hwp)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx)<\/li>\n<li>OpenOffice presentation (.odp)<\/li>\n<li>OpenOffice spreadsheet (.ods)<\/li>\n<li>OpenOffice text (.odt)<\/li>\n<li>Rich Text Format (.rtf)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"media-file-types\" tabindex=\"-1\">Supported media formats<\/h2>\n<p>\n  Google can also index the following media formats:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n    Image formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, WebP, SVG, and AVIF\n  <\/li>\n<li>\n    Video formats: 3GP, 3G2, ASF, AVI, DivX, M2V, M3U, M3U8, M4V, MKV, MOV, MP4, MPEG, OGV, QVT, RAM, RM, VOB, WebM, WMV, and XAP\n  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"search-by-file-type\" tabindex=\"-1\">Search by file type<\/h2>\n<p>\n  You can use the <code>filetype:<\/code> operator in Google Search to limit results to a<br \/>\n  specific file type or file extension. For example,<br \/>\n  <code><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=filetype:rtf+galway\" class=\"external-link\">filetype:rtf galway<\/a><\/code><br \/>\n  will search for RTF files and URLs ending in <code>.rtf<\/code> whose content contains the term<br \/>\n  &#8220;<span>galway<\/span>&#8220;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google can index the content of most types of pages and files. 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