What file types are returned in a Google search?
There are 13 main file types searched by Google in addition to standard web formatted documents in HTML. The most common formats are PDF, PostScript, Microsoft Office formats: • Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf) • Adobe PostScript (ps) • Lotus 1-2-3 (wk1, wk2, wk3, wk4, wk5, wki, wks, wku) • Lotus WordPro (lwp) • MacWrite (mw) • Microsoft Excel (xls) • Microsoft PowerPoint (ppt) • Microsoft Word (doc) • Microsoft Works (wks, wps, wdb) • Microsoft Write (wri) • Rich Text Format (rtf) • Shockwave Flash (swf) • Text (ans, txt) Google is also scouring the Web for additional file types that are very rare. You may see them pop up in your results from time to time. 2. What are the benefits to searching non-HTML file types? By adding these additional file formats to our search results, Google provides a wider view of the content available on the World Wide Web. In particular, there are many quality results available only in these formats, including Microsoft-published documents, investor pr
