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> Most file types are not supported in browsers And does Google index/show any of them in a search result? You usually have to get them indirectly from pages,

> Most file types are not supported in browsers And does Google index/show any of them in a search result? You usually have to get them indirectly from pages, but the search links themselves never directly link to any unsupported file type AFAIK

p1mrx 6y ago
I think you're right. Weird text formats like filetype:cpp work fine, but filetype:bmp does not, and that could be considered analogous to swf.
- ehsankia 6y ago
  And even then I think only when it's being served with "content-type: text/plain", which the browser clearly supports.