September 1st, 2010, 11:21 AM
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Google Announces SVG indexing
Most of you probably already know what a .svg file is. For those that dont, simply put it is an open format (XML based) for vector graphics.
So, similar to the way they look inside the files for flash, Google will look into the SVG file. The only real criticism about this right now is that Google isn't following links in the SVG files yet.
Quote: | Originally Posted by googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com We index SVG content whether it is in a standalone file or embedded directly in HTML. The web is big, so it may take some time before we crawl and index most SVG files, but as of today you may start seeing them in your search results. If you want to see it yourself, try searching for [sitemap site:fastsvg.com] or [HideShow site:svg-whiz.com] continue reading |
Chris Crum (webpronews) covered the announcement too and also dropped this link: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35287 which is the list of Google index-friendly file types.
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* Adobe Flash (.swf)
* Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf)
* Adobe PostScript (.ps)
* Autodesk Design Web Format (.dwf)
* Basic source code (.bas)
* C/C++ source code (.c, .cc, .cpp, .cxx, .h, .hpp)
* Google Earth (.kml, .kmz)
* GPS eXchange Format (.gpx)
* Hancom Hanword (.hwp)
* HTML (.htm, .html)
* Java source code (.java)
* Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx)
* Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx)
* Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx)
* OpenOffice presentations (.odp)
* OpenOffice spreadsheet (.ods)
* OpenOffice text (.odt)
* Perl source code (.pl)
* Python source code (.py)
* Rich Text Format (.rtf, .wri)
* Scalable Vector Graphics (.svg)
* Text (.ans, .asc, .cas, .txt, .text)
* Wireless Markup Language (.wml, .wap)
* XML (.xml) |
If you are hosting any of these files and wish to exclude any specific files from the Google index, be sure to use the "X-Robots-Tag: noindex directive.
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