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            *   [Reduce the Google crawl rate](https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/reduce-crawl-rate)
                
            *   [Verifying Googlebot and other Google crawlers](https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/verifying-googlebot)
                
            
        
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        *   [Introduction to robots.txt](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/robots/intro)
            
        *   [How Google interprets the robots.txt specification](https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/robots-txt/robots-txt-spec)
            
        
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        *   [AMP on Google Search guidelines](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/amp)
            
        *   [Understand how AMP works in search results](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/amp/about-amp)
            
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        *   [Understand the JavaScript SEO basics](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/javascript/javascript-seo-basics)
            
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        *   [Understanding page experience](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/page-experience)
            
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        *   [A guide to Google Search ranking systems](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/ranking-systems-guide)
            
        *   [Reviews system](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/reviews-system)
            
        
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        *   [Spam updates](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/spam-updates)
            
        
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        *   [Understand how structured data works](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/intro-structured-data)
            
        *   [Structured data general guidelines](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/sd-policies)
            
        *   [Enriched search results](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/enriched-search-results)
            
        *   [Generate structured data with JavaScript](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/generate-structured-data-with-javascript)
            
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            *   [Local business](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/local-business)
                
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                *   [Overview](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/product)
                    
                *   [Product snippet](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/product-snippet)
                    
                *   [Merchant listing](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/merchant-listing)
                    
                *   [Variants](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/product-variants)
                    
                *   [Loyalty program](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/loyalty-program)
                    
                *   [Merchant return policy](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/return-policy)
                    
                *   [Merchant shipping policy](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/shipping-policy)
                    
                
            *   [Profile page](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/profile-page)
                
            *   [Q&A](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/qapage)
                
            *   [Recipe](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/recipe)
                
            *   [Review snippet](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/review-snippet)
                
            *   [Software app](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/software-app)
                
            *   [Speakable](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/speakable)
                
            *   [Subscription and paywalled content](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/paywalled-content)
                
            *   [Vacation rental](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/vacation-rental)
                
            *   [Video](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/video)
                
            
        
    *   [Title links](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/title-link)
        
    *   Translated features
        
        *   [Translated results](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/translated-results)
            
        *   [Ad networks and translation-related Google Search features](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/ad-network-and-translation)
            
        
    *   [Videos](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/video)
        
    *   [Visual Elements gallery](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/visual-elements-gallery)
        
    *   Web Stories
        
        *   [Enable Web Stories on Google](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/enable-web-stories)
            
        *   [Best practices for creating Web Stories](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/web-stories-creation-best-practices)
            
        *   [Web Story content policy](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/web-stories-content-policy)
            
        
    *   Early Adopters Program
        
        *   [Package tracking](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/package-tracking)
            
        *   [Structured data carousels (beta)](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/carousels-beta)
            
        
    
*   Monitoring and debugging
    
    *   [Debug drops in Search traffic](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/monitor-debug/debugging-search-traffic-drops)
        
    *   Monitor with Search Console
        
        *   [Get started with Search Console](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/monitor-debug/search-console-start)
            
        *   [Improve SEO with a bubble chart](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/monitor-debug/bubble-chart-analysis)
            
        *   [Using Search Console and Google Analytics data for SEO](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/monitor-debug/google-analytics-search-console)
            
        
    *   Debug with search operators
        
        *   [Overview](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/monitor-debug/search-operators)
            
        *   [site: search operator](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/monitor-debug/search-operators/all-search-site)
            
        *   [Google Images search operators](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/monitor-debug/search-operators/image-search)
            
        
    *   Preventing and monitoring abuse
        
        *   [Overview](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/monitor-debug/security)
            
        *   [Prevent user-generated spam](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/monitor-debug/prevent-abuse)
            
        *   [Malware and unwanted software](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/monitor-debug/security/malware)
            
        *   [Prevent a malware infection](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/monitor-debug/security/prevent-malware)
            
        *   [Social engineering (phishing and deceptive sites)](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/monitor-debug/security/social-engineering)
            
        *   [Google Safe Browsing Repeat Offenders Policy](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/monitor-debug/security/safe-browsing-repeat-offenders)
            
        
    *   [Get started with Google Trends](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/monitor-debug/trends-start)
        
    
*   Site-specific guides
    
    *   Ecommerce
        
        *   [Overview](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/ecommerce)
            
        *   [Where content can appear](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/ecommerce/where-ecommerce-data-can-appear-on-google)
            
        *   [Share product data](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/ecommerce/share-your-product-data-with-google)
            
        *   [Include structured data](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/ecommerce/include-structured-data-relevant-to-ecommerce)
            
        *   [Launch a new website](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/ecommerce/how-to-launch-an-ecommerce-website)
            
        *   [Write high quality reviews](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/ecommerce/write-high-quality-reviews)
            
        *   [Design a URL structure](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/ecommerce/designing-a-url-structure-for-ecommerce-sites)
            
        *   [Ecommerce site structure](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/ecommerce/help-google-understand-your-ecommerce-site-structure)
            
        *   [Pagination, incremental page loading, and Search](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/ecommerce/pagination-and-incremental-page-loading)
            
        
    *   International and multilingual
        
        *   [Overview](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/international)
            
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File types indexable by Google
==============================

Google can index the content of most text-based files and certain encoded document formats. The file type is determined by the `Content-Type` HTTP header returned when Google crawls the file, though in some cases Google may use the file extension or re-parse the file using a different parser if the `Content-Type` header is missing or incorrect.

Supported flat file types
-------------------------

The following flat file types are supported. These are files where the content is stored in plain, unencoded text (though they may use markup tags).

*   Comma-Separated Values (.csv)
*   Google Earth (.kml, .kmz)
*   GPS eXchange Format (.gpx)
*   HTML (.htm, .html, other file extensions)
*   Scalable Vector Graphics (.svg)
*   TeX/LaTeX (.tex)
*   Text (.txt, .text, other file extensions), including source code in common programming languages, such as:
    *   Basic source code (.bas)
    *   C/C++ source code (.c, .cc, .cpp, .cxx, .h, .hpp)
    *   C# source code (.cs)
    *   Java source code (.java)
    *   Perl source code (.pl)
    *   Python source code (.py)
*   Wireless Markup Language (.wml, .wap)
*   XML (.xml)

Supported encoded file types
----------------------------

The following encoded file types are supported. These are binary files or complex containers that require a specific parser to extract the human-readable text.

*   Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf)
*   Adobe PostScript (.ps)
*   Electronic Publication (.epub)
*   Hancom Hanword (.hwp)
*   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)

Supported media formats
-----------------------

Google can also index the following media formats:

*   Image formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, WebP, SVG, and AVIF
*   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](https://www.google.com/search?q=filetype:rtf+galway) ` will search for RTF files and URLs ending in `.rtf` whose content contains the term "galway".

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