Google Search has added to its file sorts indexable by Google help document that it might now index Comma-Separated Values (.csv) information. I confirmed with John Mueller of Google that this isn’t only a assist doc replace however a brand new replace to Google Search in what it might index.
Extra particulars. I spotted the replace this morning to the assistance doc and puzzled initially if that is new outdoors of simply an replace to a assist doc for clarification functions. I reached out to John Mueller who confirmed with me on Twitter that that is newly added functionally to Google Search:
The doc change. Right here is the brand new line added to the assistance doc:
Extra adjustments. The March copy of that assist web page didn’t have CSV listed as a file sort however it additionally didn’t have these two sections:
- Varied video codecs: 3GP, 3G2, ASF, AVI, DivX, M2V, M3U, M3U8, M4V, MKV, MOV, MP4, MPEG, OGV, QVT, RAM, RM, VOB, WebM, WMV, and XAP
- Varied picture codecs: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, WebP, and SVG
I’m fairly certain Google was in a position to index these picture codecs and most, if not all, of these video codecs. So that’s in all probability only a clarification in these sections. However the CSV format is new by way of precise performance.
Why we care. In case you have CSV information out on the internet, Google can now index these information. That signifies that Google Search can present CSV information in its search outcomes when related to the question. For those who don’t need your CSV information in Google Search, be sure you don’t let Google index them.
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