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Why use "filetype" and not "ext"? The results are identical.
by qupear 11y ago
Why use "filetype" and not "ext"? The results are identical.
- function_seven 11y agoThen why use "ext" and not "filetype"?
- monochromatic 11y agoIf the results are identical, then who cares? If it's just a matter of saving five keystrokes, I wonder if your 60-keystroke comment was a good use of time...
- wut42 11y agoit may have more results with the filetype, some server generated PDFs doesn't always have the extension.
- qupear 11y agoIsn't ext just an alias for filetype? http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html
- MaulingMonkey 11y ago"This is an undocumented alias for filetype:" (emphasis added) Seems like reason enough to avoid ext: and/or be ignorant of it.
- knd775 11y agoThen what in the world are you arguing?
- userbinator 11y agoBecause the submitter may not have known about "ext"? (Thanks, now I do.)
- titfn 11y agoprobably because ext is easier to use and Google will therefore probably discontinue it shortly...