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Google has announced that is going to start indexing SVG files. SVG, the acronym of Scalable Vector Graphics, is a XML based file format that is used to describe two-dimensional vector graphics.

Right now Google is indexing the following types:

• 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)

Advantages of SVG

Defining the image using text, instead of pixels as happens for example in JPEG or BMP files, drives to several advantages:

• SVG files are scalable, no matter how much you want to zoom it they are going to look perfect.
• SVGs, for the same reason as above, can be printed at any resolution without losing quality.
• It’s easier to adjust SVG files to different devices, like PC, iPad, etc.

SVG is a key feature for modern browsers. It seems like Google is preparing us to a new look of the Web. You can read more about at Webmaster Central Blog from Google.

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